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 […]

National College “Radu Greceanu” from Slatina with an age of 130 years, is a school standard of the county, where teachers and students achieve exceptional results in the work of training and education. For Slatinabut also for a large part of South East Oltenia, name of the institution “Radu Greceanu” is a brand. Radu Greceanu […]

The oldest foreign family business in Romania with an uninterrupted activity for 320 years is the Albanian athlete. It belongs to the Memish family, originally from Albania. Memish family history business in Romania, begins 300 years ago. Around 1700, arrived in the Roamanian Country the first Memish, who had as activity the trade of Albanian […]

The Building of National Bank of Romaia was built in 1908, being the most representative bank in Slatina at the time. Later became the Olt branch of National Bank of Romania until September 2000 when it was disbanded. Since then, the building houses the County Election Office when election ballots are organized. The construction is […]

Once approved idea of setting up a bishopric in Slatina at the initiative of the Bishopric of Ramnicul Valcea and with the support of Olt County Council, was made, also the next step, in 1993, by the decision of building a new cathedral in the city- residence, which may become at the right moment a […]

The house on Mihai Eminescu Street no. 48 is one of the oldest buildings in Slatina, being registred in the list of historical monuments of Olt county. Appeared from ancient times, the settlement on the Valley of Sopot, due to the natural growth rate of the population and of opportunities created by the crossing of […]