Orhei town is situated on the left bank of Raut, located in the central part of the country at a distance of 45 km to the north on the route Chisinau-Balti. The first confession on Orhei attested in old documents dating from the 70s of the Moldovan XVI. Stephen the Great's time, it is assumed that the city was a strong Orheiul the Lord shall have its pârcălabii. In fact, the old town was not on that place today. Vetra change took place, some attested in sec. XVI, as a document with 28 January 1618 speaks Orheiul old, who was burned and ruined by the Turks and Tartars.