Balastieră

Balastieră is a quarry in Comuna Mărăcineni, Buzău County. Balastieră is situated nearby to the library Biblioteca Comunală Mărăcineni, as well as near the swimming pool Piscină.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buzău railway station and Banului church in Buzău.

Buzău railway station

Railway station

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Buzău railway station is situated 3½ km south of Balastieră.

Banului church in Buzău

Church

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Banului church in Buzău is situated 3 km south of Balastieră.

Vergu-Mănăilă House

Building

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The Vergu-Mănăilă house is the oldest surviving building in Buzău, Romania. An 18th-century boyar's mansion, renovated between 1971 and 1974, it hosts a museum of ethnography and folk art. Vergu-Mănăilă House is situated 3 km south of Balastieră.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mărăcineni and Buzău.

Mărăcineni

Village

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Mărăcineni is a village.

Buzău

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The city of Buzău is the county seat of Buzău County, in eastern Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.