Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- County
- Vâlcea
- Mayor 2024 2028
- Mihai Mateescu ( PSD )
- Area
- 13.79 km (5.32 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 300 m (980 ft)
- Population 2021 12 01
- 2,158
- Density
- 156.5/km (405.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Area code
- (+40) 02 50
- Vehicle reg
- VL
- Website
- www .primaria-baile-govora .ro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Băile Govora
- Country
- Romania
- Located in
- Vâlcea County
- Capital
- Prajila
- Population
- 2158
- Area
- 13.79
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primaria-baile-govora.ro
- Image
- Băile Govora – Parcul Băilor.JPG
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- Commons category
- Băile Govora
- postal code
- 245200
- native label
- Băile Govora
- phone number
- +40-250770460
- street address
- Str. Tudor Vladimirescu, nr. 95 Baile Govora, cod 245200, jud. Valcea
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
Băile Govora (or just Govora) is a Romanian spa town in Vâlcea County, about 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Râmnicu Vâlcea and west of the Olt River, in the historical region of Oltenia. Notable features of the town (beside its mineral springs, recommended for a variety of ailments) include the Govora Abbey (built in the 15th century and consolidated by Matei Basarab and later by Constantin Brâncoveanu) and the nearby Dintr-un lemn Monastery (16th or 17th century; the legend of its origin was recorded by Paul of Aleppo).
Govora Abbey was the site where Matei Basarab introduced the first printing press in Wallachia – where the first written code of laws in Romanian was published, Pravila de la Govora [ro], in 1640.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Băile Govora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.