Str. Nicolae Balcescu, No. 2; Tel. 0254/541 744 The location of Petrosani Mining Museum is located in a historic building category B, included in the List of Historical Monuments in Romania (LMI 2010) at position no. 394, with HD-II code-MB-03409, under the name “The first location of SAR Petrosani, Mining Museum today”; it is dated […]
On the territory of the Băniţa village we find Geto-Dacian Fortress Băniţa , one of the most spectacular Dacian fortresses dating from Burebista’s time. The citadel was rebuilt during the reign of Decebal, but after the Dacian-Roman wars, it was destroyed. It was built in the western limit of the basin Jiu Valley, in the […]
Bolii Cave is situated in the North of Petrosani, 6km from it, on the road between Hateg and Jiu Valley, in the place where the mountains Retezat and Sebes meet. The name probably comes from the family named Bolia who was lands and forests owner in the area since 15th century. The cave starts where […]
In the vast space of the mountains between Jiu and Olt rivers, Parang Mountains which occupies an area of 1100 square kilometers are the highest, the most rugged and rocky. A general aspect of the most developed group of the Carpathians, that of the mountains between Jiu and Olt rivers is like a huge palm […]
Jiu Gorge National Park is a protected area of national interest corresponding IUCN category II (national park), located in the South-West of the country, on the administrativ territory of the counties of Gorj and Hunedoara. In the park area you can find Lainici Monastery, an Orthodox monastery of monks built in 1817. The place of […]
Parang resort is located at an altitude of about 1,800 meters, in the Eastern part of the Jiu Valley, about 5 km away from Petrosani, in the Parang Mountains, with a very attractive tourist potential. The location has become in recent years increasingly popular among tourists, lovers of winter sports especially, thanks to its modern […]
The first signs of the people presence in this region are since the Paleolithic era, and then the shepherds of free Dacian period, but the first inhabitants of the nowadays settlement may be considered 20 serfs from Petros , settled in Petroseni in 1640. Petrosani official story begins in 1788, when the name of the […]
The elongated shape of the city and its isolation by high mountains, have a great influence on climate issues, because the movement of the air masses is from north to south through the transverse cracks Băniţa-Merisor and Surduc-Lainici. The mountains stop the movement of the air masses, so that they stop the air refresh in […]
The relief in the administrative territory is extremely uneven, specific to the mountain area with gorges on the course of the two Jiu (Eastern and Western Jiu). Mountain ranges bordering the basin are: Vâlcan to the South, Retezat to the North, Parâng and Godeanu to the East to West, the maximum altitude of 2,519 m […]