The history of the fortress dates to the Roman era, from emperor Traian’s time. To Turris, important fortress in the battles with the Turkish people, we also tie Constantin cel Mare’s name as well as that of Mircea cel Bătrân. Legends say that under the fortress a tunnel would lie connecting it to the other […]

The metallic bridge over the river Vedea has been inaugurated in the year 1905, being the first bridge of this type built in the area. The structure has a length of over 90 meters, being built of concrete, in its resistance component also entering the metal. The bridge is frequently represented by postal card, as […]

The Zarzara Memorial House from Alexandria is used in this moment as a Children’s Palace for extra-curricular actions. In the past, the house was the headquarters of a polyclinic. The Zarzara memorial house was built in the year 1906, together with the celebration of the royal jubilee. The proof that the building up of the […]

The resort Bala disposes of appreciable reserves of mineral water and therapeutic mud, being profiled on internal and external treatment. The mineral fountains are found on the Chiciora Valley, a small confluent of the beck Râieni. The therapeutic mud is used in degenerative rheumatism, articular rheumatism, allergic states after rheumatism or infections, gynecological affections, affections […]

The “Saints Apostles Peter and Pavel” church, the village Viașu, is a monument place of worship, being dated back to 1835, although it is most likely much older. It is the most valuable from the churches from the radius of the commune. It its structure also appears the wood among the construction elements, at the […]

In the locality Pătulele, the first church, from which there derives the Saint Nicolas church, was in a cottage, with a special bell tower, somewhere on the hill, and more above than were the commune is now. This church in a cottage was burned by the Turks and since then it remained with the name […]

The commune Gârla Mare has a quite ancient past. In the center of the commune near the principal highroad there is situated the construction of the same courtyard with the Congregation church also the Pentecost Church, historical monument. The position of the old establishment of the commune was a completely different one than the one […]

On the 27th of May 2009, His Grace the Priest Nicodim, the Bishop of Severin and Strehaia, set the foundation stone of the Monastery Jiana. This is the first monastery from the plain area of the county Mehedinți. The foundation of the monastery has been decided in the meeting of the Metropolitan Assembly of the […]

The Băluța cave, situated in the Băluța village on the Gaps of Băluța, presents two layers: one flooded almost all the time, and the other one situated above it, a fossil floor with different carst formations. The cave has a length of 248 meters. The Băluța cave is the biggest penetrable carst cavity of the […]

The name of the monastery indicates the fact that it was connected to the place Coșuștei, and this is the way the water which passed through a populated area, on ancient times, as it also shows the names of some villages which disappeared from this. The oldest and its singular mention is constituted by a […]