Cavnic

Cavnic is a former mining city situated within the valley of the river Cavnic, 26 km east of Baia Mare, in Maramures County, northern Romania. The metropolis covers 47.17 km2, at altitudes ranging from 500 to 1050 meters above sea stage. Cavnic become first documented in 1336, as Capnic. It was named after the river, which were given its name from a Slavic word, kopanе, which refers to digging. Mining interest within the location dates lower back to the Roman age.

Tatar Pole monument erected to have a good time the 1717 victory towards the Tatars. The town was destroyed with the aid of the Ottomans in 1460 and by the Tatars in 1717, however the Tatars invasion ended with their defeat from the people of Cavnic, making from it the remaining Tatar invasion to ever take location in Romania. As a evidence of the ultimate Tatar invasion, the metropolis hosts a 7.2 m tall obelisk on which a Latin inscription states Anno 1717 usque hic fuerunt tartari which means During the yr 1717 the Tatars have arrived right here". The obelisk is known amongst locals as Tatar Pole or Written Rock. The specific date when the obelisk become constructed is currently unknown.