The name of the city comes from the Suceava River, which flows in Romania and Ukraine. It is a right tributary of the Siret, which originates in the Bukovina Carpathians. The first mentions of the settlement date back to the 12th century, and later the settlement was mentioned in 1388 as an important trade center. It remained so for years, because traders transporting goods between the Baltic and Black Seas stopped to rest in the area of the river, exchanging and trading along the way.
In the XIV century Suceava became the capital of the Moldavian Principality and remained so until 1564. A few years after that the city was almost destroyed, but later - rebuilt by the ruler of the Moldavian Principality Jeremiah Mogila, who again moved the capital there. In different years Suceava was under Polish and Austro-Hungarian rule.
Nowadays it remains a major transport, trade and industrial center. The pulp, woodworking, engineering, textile and food industries are well developed here. And tourists from all over Europe go on tours to Suceava to get acquainted with its amazing and diverse history.
