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Baile Govora – One of The Oldest Romanian Spas
Aside from treatments, the visitors of Govora can also play tennis and enjoy a stroll in the midst of Mother Nature. One of the place's landmarks is surely the Govora abbey founded at the beginning of the fifteenth century and rebuilt by the rulers Vlad Calugarul and Radu cel Mare at the end of the same century.
Constantin Brancoveanu also had an influence on the look of the monastery, as he financed the wall paintings between 1710 – 1711. This place is also a historical and cultural landmark, as in 1640, the great ruler Matei Basarab, installed here a printing press, that created the book Pravila de la Govora, the oldest collection of printed laws in Romanian.
If you plan on going sightseeing, you might want to stop and check out the "Gheorghe Petre" archeology and art collection, the ruins of the Roman castra of Pons Vetus from Caineni, or the Anton Pann memorial house, plus the famous Polovragi and Muierii caves.
Local celebrations:
- "Cocosul de Hurez" – a craftsmen fair organized every year in the first Sunday of June; it includes the "Vicsoreanu Memorial"
- "Invartita Dorului" – pastoral gathering, organized annually in the third Sunday of June at Vaideeni
- "Sarbatoarea Capsunilor" – organized annually at Bunesti in June
- "Florile Govorei" – musical festival, that's organized in the last week of July in the Baile Govora town
- "Cantecele Oltului" – a popular musical festival, organized annually in the first week of August in Calimanesti and Ramnicu Valcea. This festival also integrates the popular arts fare "Lada de Zestre".
Author: Alex Stanescu
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