User:LucaStian/Palas, Constanta

Palas is a neighborhood in Constanța, located in the western part of the city, neighboring Brătianu (Doi cocoși), Medeea, Constanța Industrial Zone and the newly established Novopolis Residential Complex.

Public transport in the Palas area is provided by bus lines on the main axis of the neighborhood, called Bulevardul I.C. Brătianu, known between 1948 - 1990 as B-dul. Filimon Sârbu. It is provided by CT Bus S.A., through lines 48 (Porta II Port – C.F.R. Palas), 101 (C.F.R. Station - Depou – S.A. Palas) and 101M (Maritimo - C.F.R. Station) and by C.F.R. Constanța via Gara Palas (Mică) - passengers, but also transit and triage. In the eastern boundary area of ​​the neighborhood, there is the "Nicolae Filimon" Bridge, known to Constantinians as the I.P.M.C. Bridge, which also forms the border area with the Brătianu (Doi cocoși) neighborhood.

Education is carried out in state education units through Kindergarten with normal program, no. 31, Secondary School no. 20 – Marin Sorescu, built at the beginning of 1900, through two classrooms later transformed into a workshop-school, then into a gym (now it is no longer functional, having the role of a warehouse), as evidenced in the documents of the year 1902 of the school archive. The second building was built in 1930 and contained three classrooms and the library, and in 2005 it was demolished and replaced by a modern building, consisting of a ground floor and an upper floor, with 9 classrooms, a laboratory, secretariat, cabinet the director's office, the chancellery, bathrooms and very spacious halls. Today, primary school students are educated in this building. The third building was built in 1965 and includes 5 classrooms, the chancellery, the director's office and the secretariat. Today, preschoolers of Kindergarten no. 31, having an extended schedule. Secondary School no. 31 is also an educational institution that enjoys consideration among students and teachers, being established in 1924 and comprising 25 classrooms, 4 laboratories, the library and two offices: medical and dental. High school education is carried out at the "Gheorghe Duca" Technological High School, established in 1919 under the name C.F.R Apprentice School, being among the first apprentice schools in Dobrogea. Starting from 1929, for 30 years it functioned as a school for apprentices specific to railway transport, under the name School of Apprentices next to the C.F.R. workshops. Palas, Constanta. The activity of the institution was interrupted between 1958-1967, being re-established on August 1, 1967 under the name Palas Railway Vocational School, Constanța, and from 1974 it became the Palas Railway School Group, following the construction of some school premises: high school building, boarding school, canteen, physical education room. For a while it was known as Industrial School Group no. 5, so that between the years 1993-2000 it would have the title of Industrial Railway Transport School Group, Constanța. From the year 2000, it became the "Gheorghe Duca" School Group, as a tribute to the engineer Gheorghe Duca, (21.01.1847 – 8.08.1899), the father of the former prime minister I. Gh. Duca. From September 1, 2010 "Marin Sorescu" Secondary School becomes a structure of the "Gheorghe Duca" School Group, and from September 1, 2012, the unit operates under the name of "Gheorghe Duca" Constanța Technological High School, where secondary and high school students are educated. "Pontica" Technical College is a school unit with an old tradition in the training of specialists needed for agriculture in a continuous transformation and modernization, being established in 1952, as a zootechnical professional school. From 1954, it also became a professional veterinary school, and from 1961, a professional school for animal breeders. In 1966, according to Law no. 2/1966 and HCM 1378/1966 of specialized high schools becomes Palas Agricultural High School, in 1975 – Palas Agroindustrial High School, in 1991, by Order 6440/21.06.1991 it is renamed as Palas Agricultural School Group, and in 2007, by O.M. 2110/17.09.07, it becomes "Pontica" Technical College.

The Orthodox population of the neighborhood is served by the "St. Ap. Andrei" Church, under the protection of the Archdiocese of Tomis, established in 1920 by the donation of a C.F.R. house, which responds to the spiritual needs of the faithful through pastoral, social, philanthropic and missionary guidance. Also, with the blessing of the Tomis Diocesan Center and according to building permit no. 62 of 28.01.2022, the procedures for the construction of an Orthodox church in the area of ​​the Palas arenas (Str. Şipot, no. 14) which will be dedicated to "Saint George, the Annunciation and Saint Anthony of Iezer" have been started for the Aromanian community in Constanța where the services will be officiated by an Aromanian Orthodox priest, in the Aromanian language. The architecture of the new church is similar to the one in Crușova, North Macedonia, the only locality where the Aromanian language is the official language. In addition to the church, a cultural center will also function here, where the traditions and the Aromanian culture to be taught and passed on to future generations. The construction of the church will be supported by the Gheorghe Haliț Foundation and the Aromanian Party, but also by the members of the Aromanian community in the city and the country. Moreover, the believers in the Palas neighborhood will have a new church that will be dedicated to the Healing Spring, the foundation stone of the future place of worship being laid on 15 March 2022. Also here is the Constantin C. Predescu – Palas Orthodox cemetery, one of the six Orthodox cemeteries in the city: Anadalchioi, Central-Gară, Municipal-Energia and Viile Noi and Palazu Mare.

The oldest institution in the Palas neighborhood, which has been operating since its foundation until today, is represented by I.C.D.C.O.C Palas, established in 1897 by Decision no. 9173 of October 7, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce and Domains under the name "National Sheep ” Palas, thus being the first Systematic Sheep Farm from us in the country. I.C.D.C.O.C. Palas – The research and development institute for raising sheep and goats Palas, coordinates its research activity at the national level in four areas: nutrition, breeding technologies, genetic exploitation and reproductive improvement, and together with the three experimental bases, have 1533 ha in administration, with over 23 research projects on 4500 sheep and goats, collaborating with five specialized research stations and the Universities of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Bucharest, Iași, Timișoara and Cluj-Napoca. Also within the I.C.D.C.O.C. Palas, the "Oii" Museum also works. Since 1993, A.N.C.C. was established. Caprirom, the association of goat breeders, which has 1,400 members who, through free membership, carry out technical and economic activities regarding the improvement, protection of the health of goats, the valorization of productions and the defense of the interests of goat breeders.

On Matei Millo street, at no. 66, the Constanța - Palas Fire Department is located, within the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations - I.S.U. Dobrogea, and since 2008 the heliport and the SMURD ambulance parking lot, and at Bdul. I. C. Brățianu, I am U.M. Palas Gendarmes and Traffic Police. You can also find the offices of the Constanța Forestry Directorate, the National Railway Qualification and Training Center - CENAFER, the C.F.R. Sports Base, the Palas Water Pumping Station, Dobrogea Grup S.R.L., the Muntenia Printing Office, the Dacris Stationery Factory, the detergent and production factory of bags (in the former headquarters of I.P.M.C. - today completely demolished to make way for a new Dedeman store) and the Palas Industrial Zone, which includes bread, oil, beer, prefabricated construction, pulp and paper, furniture factories and wood processing, textile industry, etc.

Within the headquarters of I.P.M.C. the Thermal Point IV operated until 2008, serving the population of the neighborhood with hot water and heat, and from the winter of 2008 - 2009, at the initiative of the Mayor Radu Ștefan Mazăre, the first micro power plant in the city was erected.

In the vicinity of Secondary School no. 20 – Marin Sorescu, the D.P.M Dispensary operated until May 7, 1948, which was transformed into the Constanța Railway University Hospital, with departments of internal diseases, neurology and radiology, and in 2003, the Ministry of Transport ceded the building to the Ministry of Health, with the title for free, and the CF University Hospital was moved to the headquarters on 1 Mai Boulevard. Today, the once beautiful building has fallen prey to thieves and the ravages of time, becoming a ruin. Medical services are offered today through two Pharmacies (2008) and two Individual Medical Practices (2010).

In the 1980s, the obor had moved from the Obor neighborhood and it was decided that it would be held in Palas. It was kept here until the end of the 1990s.