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History of Targu Jiu


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the city's coat of arms.

In the 1950s, the Communist mayor planned to demolish Brâncuşi's "bourgeois" art. The plan was not carried out.

Starting in the 1960s, coal surface mining contributed to a rapid population growth. Other local industries include wood, machine building, textiles, glassware and construction materials (cement, bricks and tiles).

In 1992, a university was founded and named after Brâncuşi

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