page_title: Iași
section_title: Theatres and orchestras
hierarchical_section_title: Iași / Culture / Theatres and orchestras
caption_attribution_description: Luceafarul Theathre. Iasi-Romania.
context_page_description: Iași, also referred to as Jassy, is the second largest city in Romania, and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, then of the United Principalities from 1859 to 1862, and the capital of Romania from 1916 to 1918.
  Known as The Cultural Capital of Romania, Iași is a symbol in Romanian history. The historian Nicolae Iorga said "There should be no Romanian who does not know of it". Still referred to as The Moldavian Capital, Iași is the main economic and business centre of the Moldavian region of Romania. In December 2018, Iași was officially declared Historical capital of Romania.
  At the 2011 census, the city proper had a population of 290,422. With 500,668 residents, the Iași urban area is the second most populous in Romania, whereas more than 500,000 people live within its peri-urban area.
context_section_description: The Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre, opened in 1840, is the first National Theatre in Romania. The building, designed according to the plans of the Viennese architects Hermann Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner, was raised between 1894 and 1896, and also hosts, starting 1956, the Iași Romanian National Opera.
  Iași is also home to:
  Moldova State Philharmonic Orchestra
  Luceafărul Theatre
  Iași Athenaeum (also known as Tătărași Athenaeum)
  Ludic Student Theatre
  Teatru Fix
caption: Luceafărul Theatre
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