Baia de Fier
Baia de Fier is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Baia de Fier and Cernădia. It is traversed by the river Pârâul Galben; to the east flows the river Olteț. Peștera Muierilor is located here.Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: commune of Romania with 3,830 residents
- Description: commune in Gorj County, Romania
- Also known as: “78711”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Woman’s Cave (entrance);Woman’s Cave and Mănăstirea Polovragi.
Woman’s Cave (entrance);Woman’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
Peștera Muierilor, or Peștera Muierii, is an elaborate cave system located in the Baia de Fier commune, Gorj County, Romania. It contains abundant cave bear remains, as well as a human skull.
Mănăstirea Polovragi
Monastery
Photo: Miehs, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Mănăstirea Polovragi is a monastery, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Baia de Fier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cernădia and Polovragi.
Polovragi
Village
Photo: Mitrutpopoiu, Public domain.
Polovragi is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Baia de Fier.
Poienari
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Poienari is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Baia de Fier.
Baia de Fier
- Location: Gorj County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Baia de Fier” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Baia de Fier”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Baia de Fier”
- Chechen: “Бая-де-Ф’ер (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Бая-де-Ф’ер”
- Chinese: “Baia de Fier”
- Chinese: “巴亞德菲耶爾鄉”
- Dutch: “Baia de Fier”
- French: “Baia de Fier”
- Irish: “Baia de Fier”
- Italian: “Baia de Fier”
- Malay: “Baia de Fier”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Baia de Fier”
- Polish: “Baia de Fier (gmina)”
- Polish: “Baia de Fier”
- Portuguese: “Baia de Fier”
- Romanian: “Baia de Fier”
- Romanian: “Comuna Baia de Fier, Gorj”
- Serbian: “Општина Баја де Фијер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Baia de Fier, Gorj”
- Spanish: “Baia de Fier”
- Tatar: “Бая-де-Ф’ер (коммуна)”
- Tatar: “Бая-де-Ф’ер”
- Turkish: “Baia de Fier”
- Ukrainian: “Бая-де-Ф’єр”
- Vietnamese: “Baia de Fier”
- Volapük: “Baia de Fier”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peștera Muierilor - cave exit and Peștera Muierilor - cave entrance.
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