Great Wallachia
The Great Wallachia (German also Muntenia , Rum. Muntenia ) is a historical landscape in the south of Romania . It includes the central and eastern part of Wallachia .
The region is bordered by the Danube in the south and east, and by the Carpathian Mountains and the Milcov River in the north . In the west the border of the landscape is formed by the river Olt , across which is the Little Wallachia .
In the eastern part of Muntenia lies the Bărăgan flat land, which is a large grain-growing area because of the nutrient-rich soil and is known as “Romania's granary ”.
The main city in the area is Bucharest , the state capital. Other important cities are Brăila , Ploieşti , Piteşti , Slatina , Alexandria , Giurgiu , Călăraşi and Slobozia , as well as the former capitals of Wallachia Câmpulung , Curtea de Argeş and Târgovişte .
Places to See in Muntenia are also the Snagov - Monastery where probably the grave Vlad III. Drăculeas and the spa town of Sinaia are in the Bucegi Mountains . The health resort of Sinaia has existed since the end of the 19th century, when the Romanian King Charles I had his summer residence, the Peleș Castle , built there.
This historical region includes the following Romanian counties :
- Argeș County
- Dâmbovița district
- Prahova district
- Buzau County
- Brăila County
- Ialomița district
- Călărași County
- Ilfov district
- the city of Bucharest
- Giurgiu County
- Vâlcea county (only the municipalities east of the Olt River )
- District of Olt (only half of the district that lies east of the Olt River)
- Teleorman County (except Islaz Municipality , which is west of the Olt River)
- Vrancea County (only the municipalities south of the Milcov River )
