Bukov

Bucov lies east of Ploiești in the foothill country of Wallachia, near roads leading from the plain toward the Carpathians. The medieval settlement is securely recorded in a document of 1473. Its position brought it into the struggles of princes and armies moving across the region. In 1600 Michael the Brave, returning to Wallachia after his campaigns in Transylvania and Moldavia, was defeated near Bucov by a Polish and Moldavian force. The encounter formed part of the abrupt collapse of his rule over the three lands.