Dorohoi

Dorohoi lies on the right bank of the Jijia in northern Moldavia. First mentioned in 1408, it developed as a market for timber and agricultural produce from the surrounding highlands. Merchants from neighbouring lands attended its fair, while the river and the roads through the northern country linked it with other Moldavian towns. Its churches include a foundation of Stephen the Great, a reminder of princely patronage in this market town.