Wallachia
The Endless Column, one of Constantin Brâncuşi's best-known and most celebrated works, sits at the eastern end of Calea Eroilor (20 minutes on foot from…
Must-see attractions in Wallachia
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Wallachia
This small, spare museum just outside the train station contains the military barracks where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife Elena…
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Wallachia
The Poienari Citadel was once a powerful fortress guarding entry to a strategic pass linking Wallachia with Transylvania. The castle's vantage point was…
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Wallachia
Curtea de Argeş was an early capital of Wallachia, and these ruins from the 13th and 14th centuries mark the spot where the court once stood. The main…
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Wallachia
The art museum is the only real must-see in Craiova, both for the art itself, including a small but important collection of six works by internationally…
Wallachia
This is a highly informative, well-organised exhibition of folk traditions in the Oltenia region surrounding Craiova. The exhibition begins downstairs…
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Wallachia
While the museum houses an ethnographic and natural-sciences section, as well as an aquarium displaying Danubian species, the highlight is a scale model…
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Curtea de Argeş Cathedral & Monastery
Wallachia
This cathedral and monastery complex is considered one of the country's most important ecclesiastical sights. The church was originally built by…
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Wallachia
The Princely Court was built in the 14th century for Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Old) and remained a formal residence for Wallachia’s princes, including…
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Wallachia
Just above the port and below the Hotel Continental, these restored ruins mark the spot where the mighty Fortress of Severin once stood. The fort dates…
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Museum of the Hydroelectric Power Plant
Wallachia
This museum takes you inside the massive hydroelectric power station and gives a good idea of the scale of the plant. Guided tours (in Romanian only) take…
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Wallachia
Walk west along the central mall of Târgu Jiu's central park, from the Gate of the Kiss sculpture, to find the Alley of Chairs (Aleea Scaunelor), a series…
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Wallachia
The Table of Silence, one of Constantin Brâncuşi's sculptures, stands at the western end of Târgu Jiu's central park on the banks of the Jiu River. The…
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Wallachia
This small museum and memorial is dedicated to the country's most famous artist, Nicolae Grigorescu (1838–1907). Grigorescu studied in Paris with Pierre…
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Wallachia
A modest memorial marks the spot where the city's notorious prison once stood and where insidious mind-control experiments were carried out in the late…
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Wallachia
Near the restaurants on Str Alexandru Ioan Cuza is the beautiful, partially frescoed Târgu Church. Dating to 1654, it was painted during the 17th and 18th…
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Wallachia
Severin's most striking building is this massive water tower, dating from 1910. It was one of the first buildings here to use iron in its construction…
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Wallachia
Târgovişte's small zoo, in the park just north of the Princely Court, is surprisingly comprehensive, with some large cats, a hippo, lots of chimps and a…
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Wallachia
Small collection on two floors dedicated to the natural sciences. The highlights are fossils on the ground floor that include some massive mammoth tusks…
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Wallachia
Craiova University's main building dominates the eastern side of the historic centre. The building dates from the late 19th century and shows off the…
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Wallachia
This evocative gate stands at the entrance to Târgu Jiu’s central park and is a logical place to begin a tour of Constantin Brâncuşi's sculptures. The…
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Wallachia
The unusual St George’s Church (Biserica Sfântul Gheorghe), more commonly known as the Princely Church, was built by Prince Constantin Şerban and his wife…
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Wallachia
The city’s unique Clock Museum has a collection of historical timepieces owned by several famous Romanians, including King Carol I, and an 18th-century…
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Wallachia
This modest museum highlights the important role of oil in the economic development of both the city and the country, especially in the 19th century when…
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Wallachia
The small, red-brick Holy Trinity Church occupies a quiet spot in a park behind the statue of Mihai Viteazul. The church was initially constructed in the…
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Museum of Printing & Old Romanian Books
Wallachia
Housed in a 17th-century palace built by Constantin Brâncoveanu for his daughter Safta, this museum is filled with original books from the beginning of…
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Wallachia
Not far from the Museum of Oil, you’ll find the decent History & Archaeology Museum. Housed in a former girls’ school dating from 1865, it has a room…
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Wallachia
Romania’s only police museum has a number of exhibitions from the 19th and 20th centuries, including an overfilled cloakroom-style display of uniforms,…
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Wallachia
This central museum showcases the best of modern and contemporary Romanian art, including works from Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza and other…
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Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Wallachia
Ploieşti's impressive cathedral dates from the early 19th century. The 55m bell tower, visible from around the city, was finished in 1939 as a memorial to…
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Wallachia
The pretty and elaborate prefecture building for Dolj County dominates the eastern side of the central square. Here you'll find a plaque to Craiova's…
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Wallachia
Târgovişte's main church occupies a prominent position in the town's central Parcul Mitropoliei. The church is built of red brick in Byzantine style and…
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Wallachia
The centre is dominated by the imposing neoclassical Culture Palace, which dates from the early 1950s and was one of the city's biggest post-WWII…
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Wallachia
Ploieşti’s synagogue dates from 1901 and was lavishly restored in 2007. It's not open to the public, but there's a good view of the exterior from the…
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Wallachia
This prominent statue of former Wallachian prince Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave), who was born near Craiova in 1558, dominates the city's central…
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Wallachia
The collection at this art museum, housed in a grand Empire-style mansion, is strong on Romanian greats from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Wallachia
Displayed inside this church is the Madona Dudu icon (1928), said to perform miracles for those who pray in front of it.
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Wallachia
A large statue of 16th-century Wallachian Prince Mihai Viteazu marks the western end of the town's central park.
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Wallachia
This sprawling museum has extensive collections on archaeology, history, natural sciences and folk art.
