Băile Govora

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Băile Govora (or just Govora) is a Romanian spa town in Vâlcea County, about 20 km south-west of Râmnicu Vâlcea and west of the Olt river. Notable features of the town (beside its mineral springs) 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 intoduced the first printing press in Wallachia - where the first written code of laws in Romanian was published (Pravila de la Govora, in 1640).

External links

Romanian tourism site: [Băile Govora] and [Dintr-un lemn Monastery]
() [Vâlcea County tourist spots: Băile Govora]

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