Doftana was a Romanian prison , sometimes referred to as "the Romanian Bastille". Built in 1895 in connection with the nearby salt mines, from 1921 it began to be used to detain political prisoners , among them Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej , who was the Prime Minister of Romania (1952–1955), and the Chairman of the State Council of Romania (1961–1965), and Nicolae Ceaușescu , who was General Secretary of Romanian Communist Party (1965–1989), and the first President of Romania (1974–1989).
4-455: The prison is situated close to the village with the same name, in the Telega commune of Prahova County . From 1924 it is noted that the inmates began to write and edit a newspaper by hand using paper slips and smuggled pencils. It went by various names such as Doftana Red and Bolsheviks Handcuffed . During the communist period of Romania just after World War II, it was transformed into
8-429: A museum, which has since been deserted due to lack of funds.. The composer Alfred Mendelssohn wrote The Destruction of Doftanas, a symphonic poem about it. Not only Romanian communists were imprisoned here, also captured German and Soviet soldiers and Hungarian civilians. 45°08′12″N 25°46′24″E / 45.13667°N 25.77333°E / 45.13667; 25.77333 Telega (Romania) Telega
12-593: Is a commune in Prahova County , Muntenia , Romania . It is composed of six villages: Boșilcești, Buștenari, Doftana, Melicești, Telega and Țonțești. The commune is located in the west-central part of the county, in the Sub Carpathian hills , 36 km (22 mi) northwest of the county seat, Ploiești . The highest hill in the area, Măceș, has an altitude of 815 m (2,674 ft). The river Doftana flows just west of commune, separating it from
16-567: The city of Câmpina . The Purcaru is a left tributary of the Doftana; the confluence of the two rivers is in the village Doftana. The creek Sărata originates in Melicești and flows from northwest to southeast through Telega towards the river Teleajen . Doftana village is the site of the former Doftana prison . Telega railway station was the terminus of the former Câmpina –Câmpinița–Telega railway line. This Prahova County location article
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