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- Following the fall of Vicina, Brăila developed as the main harbour of Wallachia, gaining the town status around 1400.
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Modern history. In 1711, the city was besieged and conquered by a Wallachian - Russian army during the Pruth River Campaign. In 1828, the siege of Brăila took place. In 1829, it was granted to Wallachia by the Akkerman Convention.
Brăila, city, capital of Brăila județ (county), southeastern Romania. On the Danube River, 105 mi (170 km) from its mouth, it is the country’s second largest port. First mentioned by the name of Drinago in a Spanish geographical work of 1350, it was referred to as Brayla in 1368 in a transportation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
From 1538–1540 until 1829 the town and its surroundings were controlled by the Ottoman Empire, who changed its name into Ibraila. During the 19th century, the town became one of the three most important ports on the Danube River in the region of Walachia, the other two being Turnu Magurele and Giurgiu.
Brăila was first mentioned in an official document in 1368. The historical past of the locality is a testament to episodes of hardship. For example, for several hundred years the town was under Ottoman occupation, between 1554-1829.
Following the fall of Vicina, Brăila developed as the main harbour of Wallachia, gaining the town status around 1400. In 1396, Johann Schiltberger writes that Brăila was the place where ships docked, bringing "goods from heathen lands".
Around 1538-1540 (perhaps during the Suleiman the Magnificent's military expedition against Petru Rareș), the city became a part of the Ottoman Empire, being organized as a kaza. The town was part of the Empire's northern defensive network and the Ottomans built a stone stronghold in the town.
For the reputed Romanian historian, the passage of Br # ila to the stage of town occurred “ before the foundation of Wallachia, namely before about 1300”. Moreover, “ its transformation was an accomplished fact during the reigns of the princes Litovoi and Seneslav (1247)”, and this situation existed “ as well at the end of the ...
