Peștișani (Comuna Peştişani)
Peștișani is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Boroșteni, Brădiceni, Frâncești, Gureni, Hobița, Peștișani and Seuca.
Hobița village is the birthplace of sculptor Constantin Brâncuși.
Peștișani is attested by the Romanian Government as a tourist resort of local interest.
Peștișani is located 20 km west of Târgu Jiu, the capital of Gorj County, on the national road DN67D. Positioned in the southern part of the Carpathian Mountains, specifically in the Getic Subcarpathians, on the Bistrița river, Peștișani has a mediterranean climate. Its altitude ranges from 200 m in the southern part to close to 2000 m in the northern part where we can find the Oslea peak (1946 m), and has a population density of about 20 people per square kilometre.
Hobița village is the birthplace of sculptor Constantin Brâncuși.
Peștișani is attested by the Romanian Government as a tourist resort of local interest.
Peștișani is located 20 km west of Târgu Jiu, the capital of Gorj County, on the national road DN67D. Positioned in the southern part of the Carpathian Mountains, specifically in the Getic Subcarpathians, on the Bistrița river, Peștișani has a mediterranean climate. Its altitude ranges from 200 m in the southern part to close to 2000 m in the northern part where we can find the Oslea peak (1946 m), and has a population density of about 20 people per square kilometre.
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Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows southeasterly for 2857 km, before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of 2544 m.
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RON | Romanian leu | lei | 2 |
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