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About Moldova (part 6)
Moldova has highly nutritive food consisting of a wide range of fruits and vegetables and different types of herbs and spices. Vegetables are boiled, baked or stewed and fried. Many dishes are made from pickled and canned vegetables and fruits, such as green and red peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers, plums, apples and watermelons. Many of the main course dishes - both meat and fish - are cooked on a gridiron over charcoal. There are a lot of restaurants where you will be offered various typical of Moldavian cuisine' dishes.
Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, lies on hills and slopes of the Byk river valley. It is often called a white-stone city and a city of the sun. Chisinau is over 500 years old. Present-day Chisinau, where a third part of urban population of the state live, is a large political, administrative, economic, historic, cultural and transportation center of the sovereign independent state of Moldova.
Chisinau is a city of old and modern architecture, historical monuments and beautiful new residential areas. The main street in the city is Stephan cel Mare Avenue named after the great Moldovan prince Stephan the Great. Most of Chisinau's buildings have been constructed of a local white brick (limestone). The land around the city is very fertile - that is why Chisinau's architects have no other alternative as to build multi-storied buildings. Still the architects want to preserve single-storied mansions in the old part of the city, most of them being architectural monuments turned into hotels and trading centers. Old streets will be closed to traffic and open only to pedestrians.
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