Ștefănești

Ștefănești lies near the meeting of the Bașeu and Prut rivers, east of Botoșani. A settlement in this area was recorded as Gura Bașeului in 1435, during the reign of Stephen II of Moldavia. By the sixteenth century Ștefănești was a flourishing market town. Its position on the Prut placed it on a route from the Moldavian interior across the river towards the northern Black Sea lands.