Letcani
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Leţcani is a commune in Iaşi County
, Romania
, part of the Iaşi metropolitan area
. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Leţcani.
Among historians and archaologists, Leţcani is famous as the place where one of the very few known Gothic runic inscriptions
was found, on a spindle whorl dated to the 4th century.
Iasi County
Iași is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași.-Demographics:As of 1 July 2007, Iași County had a population of 825,100, making it the second most populous county in Romania after Bucharest, with a population density of 150/km².*Romanians - 98.1%*Roma -...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, part of the Iaşi metropolitan area
Iasi metropolitan area
The Iaşi Metropolitan Area is a metropolitan area in Iaşi County, Romania, that includes the municipality of Iaşi and 13 nearby communes.It has a total surface of 808 km² of the 5,476 km² that the county has, and a population of 400,347 inhabitants out of the 823,388 in the...
. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Leţcani.
Among historians and archaologists, Leţcani is famous as the place where one of the very few known Gothic runic inscriptions
Gothic runic inscriptions
Very few Elder Futhark inscriptions in the Gothic language have been found in the territory historically settled by the Goths...
was found, on a spindle whorl dated to the 4th century.