Tecuci

Tecuci stands on the Bârlad River in southern Moldavia. A document of 1435 mentions the town in the settlement between the Moldavian rulers Iliaș and Ștefan. Tecuci developed as a market and transit centre for merchants travelling through Moldavia and neighbouring regions.

Medieval town government combined an elected urban community with representatives of the prince. The nearby country also witnessed warfare: in 1476 Moldavian forces under Stephen the Great fought the Ottomans in the vicinity. Later accounts describe Tecuci as an administrative centre for its surrounding district.