Type: | town |
County: | Vâlcea |
Leader Name: | Mihai Mateescu[1] |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 45.08°N 24.1797°W |
Elevation: | 300 |
Area Total: | 13.79 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 245200 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 50 |
Băile Govora (or just Govora) is a Romanian spa town in Vâlcea County, about 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.