Oraşul de Floci

Orașul de Floci stood at the meeting of the Danube and an old course of the Ialomița. Its name, the town of wool, recalls the sheep and fleece traded in its market. This riverside settlement was one of the commercial towns of Wallachia, drawing its livelihood from exchange along the lower Danube and across the surrounding plain.

First mentioned in 1431 under the Wallachian ruler Dan II, the town was burned by Stephen III of Moldavia during his wars with Wallachia, but the market town recovered quickly. Polish and Tatar forces accompanying Simion Movilă later destroyed it again. Its final decline came during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, when fighting drove away many inhabitants. The settlement eventually disappeared, leaving its remains near the river.