iaşi can be found on the bahlui river, which is a tributary of the jijia. forests and uplands are very common. these woods and hills include the monasteries of cetăţuia, frumoasa, and galata. people have thought that iaşi was built on seven hills (cetăţuia, galata, copou-aurora, bucium-păun, şorogari, repedea and breazu in romanian).