Muntenia

The Muntenia (Eng. also Muntenia, rum. Muntenia ) is a historical region in southern Romania. It includes the central and eastern part of Wallachia.

The region is bordered to the south and east of the Danube, north of the Carpathians and the River Milcov. In the West, the boundary of the landscape is formed by the river Olt, beyond which the Oltenia is.

In the eastern part Munteniens is the Bărăgan flat country which is a great grain -growing region because of the nutrient-rich soil and as " Romania's granary " applies.

The main town in the area is Bucharest, the capital. Other major cities are Braila, Ploiesti, Pitesti, Slatina, Alexandria, Giurgiu, Calarasi and Slobozia, and the former capitals of Wallachia Câmpulung, Curtea de Arges and Targoviste.

Places to See in Muntenia are also the Snagov Monastery, where presumably the grave Vlad III. Dracula is, and the spa town of Sinaia in the Bucegi Mountains. The spa town of Sinaia existed since the late 19th century, when the Romanian king Charles I his summer residence, the Peles Castle, was built there.

This historic region comprising the Romanian counties:

• County Arges
• Dâmboviţa county
• Prahova County
• Buzău county
• Circle Brăila
• Circle Ialomiţa
• Calarasi county
• Ilfov County
• The city of Bucharest
• Giurgiu County
• Vâlcea county (only the municipalities that lie east of the river Olt )
• Olt County (only the half of the circle, which lies east of the river Olt )
• County Teleorman ( out of the municipality Islaz that lies west of the river Olt )
• Vrancea County (only the municipalities that lie south of the river Milcov )