Craiova

Craiova is a city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in imperative Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately identical distances from the Southern Carpathians north and the River Danube south. Craiova is the leader industrial town west of Bucharest and the most essential town of Oltenia. The city prospered as a nearby buying and selling centre notwithstanding an earthquake in 1790, a pandemic in 1795, and a Turkish attack in 1802 throughout which it turned into burned. Eight villages have Administered by means of the town: make

, Mofleni , Popoveni , Şimnicu Netherlands , Cernele , Cernelele Upper Izvoru Rece and Rovine. The closing four had been a separate commune known as Cernele till 1996, after they were merged into the town. Craiova, which occupied the web site of the Dacian and Roman metropolis Pelendava, was previously the capital of Oltenia. Its historic bans, the best ranking boyars of the Wallachian state, had been first of all the ones of the Craioveşti circle of relatives. The bans had the proper of minting cash stamped with their own effigies – the foundation of the Romanian word ban as used for cash.