GIURGEVO, a town and river port of Wallachia, on the left bank of the Danube, opposite Rustchuk, 40 miles S.S.W. of Bucharest. The houses are mean-looking mud edifices, and the streets are narrow and filthy. The cathedral stands on an eminence in the river, and is connected with the town by a bridge. The principal square contains a tall quadrangular tower, surmounted by a bell, which sounds at certain hours. The fortifications which formerly surrounded the town were demolished by the Russians in 1829. Giurgevo is the most important trading port on the Wallachian side of the Danube, and carries on a considerable trade with Austria, Germany, Hungary, &c. Pop. 7000. The Russians were here defeated by the Turks, July 7th, 1854.