For example, north west of the town of Galați, on the eastern shores of the Malina marshes, fragments of ceramic-type Stoicani Aldeni, stilex and tools made of bone have been found.

A stone sceptre, from the late Bronze Age, belonging to the Coslogeni culture was found on the marshes' southern bank.

Galați town itself developed from an ancient Dacian settlement of the sixth and fifth centuries BCE where there was a ford across the Danube river.

A treasure hoard consisting of 12 silver coins issued between 613 and 685 was found in a Byzantine tomb near the Church of the Virgin.

The Ukrainian folk hero, Ivan Stepanovich Mazeppa was a Hetman who died on 1709 in Varniţa, Bessarabia, and was buried in Galați.

Due to unrest in this part of Europe, Galați port became a site for the construction of large warships.

Abbot Boskov, a Romanian traveller, stated: In the Greek–Turkish war of 1821, Ottoman subjects were killed in Galați (and in other towns).

After the union of the Romanian principalities in 1859, with Alexandru Ioan Cuza as leader, development in Galați increased.

Zeletin wrote, Between 1900 and the beginning of World War I, Galați continued its trade in grain and timber with sixteen consulates.

Before World War II Galați hosted 22 synagogues and in 1926, it was the base for the Zionist Revisionist Organization of Romania.

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe 2,850 km [ 1,770 mi ]), with an average flow of 6,199 cubic meters (218,900 cu ft) per second in the Galați section.

After the Siret River, the largest tributary in Romania, joins the Danube, the flow is 210 cubic meters per second (7,400 cu ft/s).

It has served as the seat of the Court of Appeals; the Mihail Kogalniceanu High School and, after the earthquake of November 9, 1940, the city hall.

Frederick Storck contributed white marble sculptures of "industry" and "agriculture" at the top of the main façade.

Other features are two bronze flags and a large clock which plays the waltz, "Danube Waves" by Joseph Ivanovich (1845–1902).

The cornerstone of the Galați Orthodox Cathedral [ro] was placed on 27 April 1906 by the Crown Prince Ferdinand and Princess Marie.

It was built from local materials including stone, forest wood, brick and lime, sand from the beaches of the Danube and so on.

As well as its typical Romanian church architecture, the monastery has some specific elements of interest such as a bell tower with battlements for observation of the Danube valley and for defense.

In 1871–72, Bulgaria's national poet Hristo Botev lived in the house during a part of his exile, as a commemorative plaque still reminds.

There are large icons representing the holy virgin Mary with child, the resurrection, St. Gerasimos, St. Sophia, St. Gregory and St.

The entrance is on the south side through a door marked by an icon and heraldic symbols: a bull's head and two lions.

The museum has collections of tropical and subtropical plants (cactuses, euphorbias, palms, crotons, geraniums, begonias, etc.)

There are over 3000 specimens of tree species and shrubs, an oak area with more than 50 examples of birch and conifers, and a replica Japanese garden.

There is also an aquarium displaying rare species of the Danube basin and the Mediterranean Sea as well as exotic fish.

This museum at the entrance to the Garboavele forest has small village buildings to display the traditional Romanian life in the Lower Danube.

The "Danubius University" is a private institution with departments in legal, economic and social studies fields.

In February 2013, Galați was the host city of the general meeting of the National Student Association, a forum of the Romanian Ministry of Education.

Public transport in Galați is provided by a combination of trams, trolleybuses and buses (all of which are operated by Transurb, an agency of the municipality).

Galați railway station has direct train services to cities such as Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Brașov and Iași all year and in the summer to Constanța.

It is based on a true incident involving a Panamanian vessel, loaded with ammonium nitrate, which threatened to explode and destroy Galați and Brăila.