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Băile Govora

Field	Value
type	town
county	Vâlcea
image_shield	ROU VL Baile Govora CoA1.jpg
image_skyline	Băile Govora – Parcul Băilor.JPG
image_map	Băile Govora en distrikto Vâlcea.png
map_caption	Location in Vâlcea County
leader_name	Mihai Mateescu
leader_term	2024–2028
leader_party	PSD
coordinates
elevation	300
area_total	13.79
population_total	auto
postal_code	245200
area_code	(+40) 02 50
website

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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, 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, **, in 1640.

The town administers three villages: Curăturile, Gătejești, and Prajila.

Notable people

Mihai Constantinescu (1932–2019), film director and screenwriter
Alexander Marmureanu (born 1962), surgeon

References

"Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.

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