Breaza

Breaza is town in Prahova county, Romania, with a population of 18,863.

The town was first documented in an act of 1503, mentioning a certain trader of Breaza called "Neagoe". In 1622 the land of Breaza was divided between four boyars and in 1717, the new ruler of Wallachia, Nicolae Mavrocordat gave the Breaza estate to boyar Iordache Creţulescu. The land was devided by the agrar reform of 1921 and in 1935 it was declared a spa.