Wallachia & Oltenia
26 lesser-known places in Wallachia & Oltenia, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors
26 places
Antim Monastery
Bucharest · 1715 monastery with carved stone and a snail emblem
Bănița Dacian Fortress
Hunedoara · UNESCO Dacian stronghold in the Orăștie Mountains
Basarab Overpass
Bucharest · Europe’s widest cable-stayed bridge
Cantacuzino Castle
Bușteni · Neo-Romanian palace seen in Netflix’s Wednesday
Cantacuzino Palace
Bucharest · Beaux Arts palace and George Enescu museum
Cernica Monastery
Ilfov · lakeside monastery where a poet was a monk
Chindia Tower
Târgoviște · 27 m watchtower of the Wallachian princes
Clock Tower of Giurgiu
Giurgiu · Ottoman watchtower turned clock tower
Cozia Monastery
Vâlcea · fortified monastery and tomb of Mircea the Elder
Curtea de Argeș Monastery
Argeș · Neagoe Basarab’s church and royal necropolis
Dealu Monastery
Dâmbovița · royal necropolis and cradle of printing
Dinogetia
Tulcea · Roman and Byzantine fort near Galați
Foișorul de Foc
Bucharest · fire lookout turned firefighters’ museum
Galați TV Tower
Galați · concrete TV tower with a restaurant aloft
Heroes’ Cross on Caraiman Peak
Bucegi · 39 m summit cross for the First World War dead
Horezu Monastery
Vâlcea · UNESCO monastery in the Brâncoveanu style
Kretzulescu Church
Bucharest · Brâncovenesc church by Revolution Square
Lainici Monastery
Gorj · Orthodox monastery in the Jiu Gorge
Mausoleum of Mateiaș
Argeș · hilltop memorial to the soldiers of 1916
Poenari Castle
Argeș · clifftop ruin linked to Vlad the Impaler
Radu Vodă Monastery
Bucharest · monastery on a hill settled since prehistory
Sinaia Monastery
Prahova · the monastery that named the town of Sinaia
Snagov Monastery
Ilfov · island monastery tied to Vlad the Impaler’s tomb
Stavropoleos Monastery
Bucharest · 1724 Brâncovenesc church and nuns’ monastery
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Bucharest · the World War I tomb chosen by a boy
Turnu Fortress
Teleorman · medieval Danube fortress, once Little Nicopolis