Wallachian Plain

The Romanian Plain is located in southern and the easternmost tip of , where it is known as the Wallachian Plain. It is part of the larger Eurasian Steppe.
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is 's capital and largest city. has a very interesting mix of old and new: finding a 300-year-old church near a steel-and-glass tower that sits next to a communist-style building is commonplace in .

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is the closest city to in . The city has an attractive core with a collection of 19th-century mansions, unique museums, and excellent rail connections to the rest of the country, making it a convenient base or jumping-off point while exploring Romania.

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is a port city on the Danube river in southeastern . The city is situated on the Wallachian Plain.

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is the capital and largest city of , Romania. The settlement has the reputation of the city of tulips, because here being hosted an annual important festival called Simfonia Lalelelor.

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Târgovişte is a city in , the capital of the medieval principality Wallachia between 1396 and 1714. Today it has almost 90.000 inhabitants.

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

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is a city in , on the northern bank of the Danube river. It's a major crossing point between Romania and .

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, the capital of in the region, is situated in south-east , on the banks of the 's branch, at about 12 kilometres from the border and 125 kilometres from .

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is the capital city of , , , with a population of 41,550 in 2021.

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is the capital city of the , , . It is located south-west of , towards the Bulgarian border, and has over 40,000 inhabitants. The 44th parallel north passes just north of the city.

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is a town of 15,000 people in , loaded with historical heritage. It's also the home town of Brătianu Family, who gave important figures for Romania. It is nicknamed also Mecca of the Liberals.

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Turnu Măgurele is a city of 20,000 people north-east of the confluence of the Olt and Danube rivers on the edge of the Wallachian Plain in .

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is a commune in the west of , , , composed of a single village, . In late 17th century, Constantin Brâncoveanu bought land here, and, between 1698 and 1702, he built the .

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is a town situated in the southwestern part of , , . It has a population of 14,414 as of 2021 and hosts several research institutes.

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is a commune, located 40 km north of , in , , . The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermănești, , Tâncăbești, and Vlădiceasca.

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is a scenic protected area, a Ramsar site, in the , historical region in southern , roughly 40 km south of .

Wallachian Plain

Latitude of center
44.5° or 44° 30′ north
Longitude of center
26.25° or 26° 15′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1854529
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Wallachian Plain” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ultësira e Vllahisë”
  • Catalan: “Gran plana romanesa”
  • Chinese: “瓦拉幾亞平原”
  • Croatian: “Vlaška nizina”
  • Czech: “Valašská nížina”
  • Danish: “Rumænske slette”
  • Dutch: “Beneden-Donauvlakte”
  • Dutch: “Roemeense vlakte”
  • Dutch: “Walachijse vlakte”
  • Esperanto: “Valaĥia ebenaĵo”
  • Estonian: “Alam-Doonau madalik”
  • Estonian: “Valahhia madalik”
  • Georgian: “ქვემო დუნაის ვაკე”
  • German: “Walachische Ebene”
  • German: “Walachische Tiefebene”
  • German: “Walachisches Tiefland”
  • Hungarian: “Román-alföld”
  • Indonesian: “Dataran Wallachia”
  • Italian: “Pianura valacca”
  • Italian: “Pianura valacchia”
  • Lithuanian: “Rumunijos žemuma”
  • Lithuanian: “Valakijos lyguma”
  • Lithuanian: “Valakijos žemuma”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Câmpia Română”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den rumenske sletta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Valakiasletta”
  • Polish: “Nizina Rumuńska”
  • Polish: “Nizina Wołoska”
  • Romanian: “Câmpia Română”
  • Romanian: “Câmpia Valahă”
  • Russian: “Валахская низменность”
  • Russian: “Нижнедунайская равнина”
  • Serbian: “Vlaška nizija”
  • Serbian: “Влашка низија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vlaška nizija”
  • Slovak: “Rumunská nížina”
  • Slovenian: “Vlaško nižavje”
  • Spanish: “Gran llanura rumana”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижньодунайська рівнина”

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