Oltenia, the territory between the Danube, the Olt river and the Southern Carpathians is historical province (with very important towns such as: Craiova, Targu Jiu, Drobeta-Turnu Severin). This province has three zones of relief from north to south: in the north the southern slopes of the Valcan and Parang Mountains and the south-eastern slopes of the Godeanu and Mehedinti Mountains, in the middle of the province the Sub-Carpathians of Oltenia, the Getic tableland and the Targu Jiu intrahills basin, and in the south the Oltenia plain.
The climate is temperate continental. The subcarpathian zone of Oltenia has many important touristic objectives such as: the health resorts of Olanesti, Caciulata, Calimanesti and Govora, Horezu Monastery, The Muierii (Women's) and Polovragi caves and Targu Jiu town with the well-known artworks of the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi: The Table of Silence (Masa tacerii), The Gate of Kiss (Poarta Sarutului) and the Endless Column (Coloana Infinitului).
Along the road from Targu Jiu to Drobeta-Turnu Severin it is worth visiting the beautiful Tismana Monastery, the group of caves from Closani, the ruins of the famous bridge built over the Danube by Apolodor of Damascus between 103-105 A.D. (near Drobeta Turnu-Severin town), the Roman camp and thermal (in the same zone) which were built during Hadrian's reign and the hydro-electric plant from the Iron-Gates I (Portile de Fier), at the frontier between Romania and Serbia.

Last update: 2000, August 16
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