Milcov river

Encyclopedia : M : MI : MIL : Milcov river

The Milcov is a river in eastern Romania. The city of Focşani lies on it.

In 1482 Stephen the Great declared the Milcov to be the boundary between Wallachia and Moldavia. In 19th century, the river was seen by the unionists as the symbol of discord between Wallachia and Moldavia, as seen in the Hora Unirii of Vasile Alecsandri. The border on Milcov remained until 1859, when Wallachia and Moldavia united to form the Principality of Romania.

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.