Siret

Siret is an old town on the river that bears its name, in the northern Moldavian lands. In the late fourteenth century it served as a capital of the young Principality of Moldavia. The town's position on routes towards Poland and the Carpathians helped make it an early political and commercial centre, with Orthodox and Catholic communities among its inhabitants.

Under Petru I Mușat the princely seat remained at Siret until about 1388, when it moved to Suceava. The town continued to belong to Moldavia after the court departed. In 1775 Siret passed with Bukovina to the Habsburg monarchy, bringing a new ruler to the old princely town. Its churches and the memory of its former court recall the early years of the Moldavian state.