Dragoslavele

Dragoslavele is a commune in the northern part of Argeş County, Romania. It is situated nearby the former border between Wallachia and Transylvania, on the Wallachian side. It is a relatively important location for boarding house tourism.

It lies at the bottom of the Southern Carpathians' slopes (at one end of the Bran Pass, the narrow valley that separates the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi ranges), on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River.

History

From the Middle Ages until 1914, Dragoslavele was an important border crossing between Wallachia (later Romania) and the Habsburg lands (from 1867, Austria-Hungary). During World War I, in October 1916, the area between Dragoslavele and Mateiaş was the scene of a violent battle between the Romanian Army and German Empire forces (see Romanian Campaign (World War I)).