Date istorico-topografice privitoare la Cetatea Crăciuna, în vremea domnitorului Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt
Historical-topographic data regarding the Crăciuna Fortress, during the reign of St. Stephen the Great

Summary/Abstract: This brief study attempts to reopen the old discussion regarding the identification of the Crăciuna citadel (fortification), which was built by Radu the Handsome, ruler of Wallachia, across the border and inside Moldavia, after his humiliating defeat at the Battle of Sochi in Wallachia against Stephen the Great, on the 7th of March 1471. The next step after establishing the location of Sochi in Wallachia, near the border with Moldavia, was the topographic identification (both in the documentation and in the field) of the place where Stephen the Great diverted the Siret river around Crăciuna citadel, in order to annihilate it strategically. This identification was done in Vulturu de Jos, located in Vrancea county, near Vadu-Roșca, on an old riverbed of the Siret, which today is named Valea Vulturului (Eagle’s Valley), located in Moldavia, across the border and in the immediate vicinity of Sochi

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