Ungheni

Ungheni stands on the Prut, where the river winds between the hills and plains of Moldavia. Its first known mention dates to 20 August 1462, during the reign of Stephen the Great. The settlement grew on both sides of the river, a waterway that runs south to the Danube. After the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812, the Prut became a boundary of the Russian Empire, dividing lands that had belonged to the Moldavian principality.