Istoricul străzii Colonel Nicolae Holban din Galați
The History of Colonel Nicolae Holban Street in Galați

Summary/Abstract: The Galați of 1871, felt the full effect of the porto-franco status granted 35 years before by the prince of Moldavia, Mihail Sturdza, reaching a peak of unprecedented economic and social development. The city had expanded on the hill in what was called the New City, drawing new streets, and the old ones widening, according to the same charter. Among them were the Domnească Street and the Old Vineyards Street, the latter being named Mavramol after the extension of the Mavramol Street that already existed. On either side of these streets, there were extensive properties, some unused, forming in the central area of the fair either uncultivated plains and gardens, with no public value, or large orchards or gardens with the owner's house in the middle.Over time, they made connections between the main streets by opening access routes on their property.Such an owner was Major Nicolae Holban who, in 1871, opened a street on his property, to connect the Domnească Street with Mavramol Street. This was called the New Street, and recalled, in 1872, the Holban Street, after the name of the one who gave the land to open the new access. This paper is about how this street was born and how evolved, about those who owned properties on it, some of them becoming celebrities dedicated to economy and culture in Galați.

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