Born in 1725, Ionaşcu Cupeţu was one of the most prosperous merchants in the county, managing to raise a substantial fortune, which donated it, entirely to the city Slatina.The entire hoard amassed by Ionaşcu Cupeţu in his 71 years of life was left to the citizens of Slatina, to which the merchant had left, as […]

The founder of the hermitage Strehareţ was the bishop Serafim the First of Buzau and from 1668, Bishop of Râmnic. This buys on 24 April 7172 (1664), from the sons of the priest Hariton, on the border of Strehareti, worked wineyards, celery and orchard “and with forest reserve and with fountain as money, 90 angle […]

Trade Registry in Slatina city carries out its activity within a building recognized as a historical monument, built in 1896. Archaeological investigations have shown the existence of a human settlement on the old hearth of the city Slatina, belonging to the culture of rubble. Recent research findings are relevant consisting of ceramic remains of the […]

Slatina’s City Hall carries out its activity in a building with historical significance that was rehabilitated in 2012, based on local budget and European funds. Archaeological investigations have shown the existence of a human settlement on the old hearth of the city Slatina, belonging to the culture of rubble. Recent research findings are relevant consisting […]

Slatina’s local police carries out its activity within a historical monument recognized as Vereş House. The construction was made in 1894, it was restored in 2012, based on local budget and European funds. Archaeological investigations have shown the existence of a human settlement on the old hearth of the city Slatina, belonging to the culture […]

More than 100 years ago, when there was no bridge over the river Olt Slatina, at the exit towards Craiova, people used “moving bridges”, for transportation from one side to the other side of the river. The fact that there was no fixed bridge was a difficulty faced by the people of Slatina of medieval […]

Pitesti Park hosts just at its main entrance the obelisk “Slatina 600”, a historical monument. The obelisk was unveiled in 1968 on the anniversary of 600 years of documentary attestation of Slatina Municipality. The obelisk was accomplished by sculptor Ion Irimescu, which at his beginnings was a drawing teacher in the gymnasium “Radu Greceanu”, currently […]

After World War I some collectors from Slatina initiate several private collections, especially of archeology, numismatics and folk art. It was constituted an organizational Committee for the establishment of the museum in Olt county, which was intensely preoccupied, between 1920-1949 of collecting objects and valuable documents for the history of this region. In 1951 the […]

In 1969 the museum in Slatina city, was enriched with a new section of folk art that was added to the history section created in 1952 and constantly developed until then. At its establishment, the ethnography department had a patimony of 1,480 objects, patrimony that was constantly enriched, reaching today, 33 years since its establishment, […]

The Clocociov monastery, dedicated to Saints Arhanghels Mihail and Gavriil, enrolls its name among the oldest monastic establishments. Its beginnings, without being fixed in the documents of that time, have been lost as time passed. Some of the documents certifying as the founder the ruler Michael the Brave, who also endowed it with donations, the […]