Vulcăneşti

For the village in Nisporeni district, see Cioreşti.

Vulcăneşti is a town in Gagauzia, Moldova. One village is administered by the town, Vulcăneşti station. It was the site of an archaeological investigation, which found a Neolithic sculpture that echoes Rodin's The Thinker.[1] [2]

References

  1. ^ Gimbutas, Marija. "The 'Sorrowful God'". The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe 6500-3500 B.C. Myths and Cult Images. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 230–234. ISBN 0520046552. 
  2. ^ Passek, T.S.; Gerasimov, M.M. (1967) "Novaja statuetka iz Vulkaneshty" KSIIMK Archaeological Museum of the Institute of History of the Moldavian Socialist Republic 111: 38–41 
Cities of Moldova (alphabetical order)
Municipalities

Chişinău (national capital) · Bălţi · Bender (Tighina)2
Capitals of
autonomous units

Comrat3 · Tiraspol1,3
District seats4
Other cities

Biruinţa · Bucovăţ · Căinari · Camenca1 · Ceadîr-Lunga · Codru · Corneşti · Costeşti · Crasnoe1 · Cricova · Cupcini · Dnestrovsc1 · Dubăsari1 · Durleşti · Frunză · Ghindeşti · Grigoriopol1 · Iargara · Lipcani · Maiac1 · Mărculeşti · Otaci · Rîbniţa1 · Sîngera · Slobozia1 · Tiraspolul Nou1 · Vadul lui Vodă · Vatra · Vulcăneşti
1 In Transnistria. 2 Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. 3 Also a municipality. 4 The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).