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	Oltenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oltenia or Lesser Wallachia is a historical province of Romania.
		Oltenia was inhabited by Dacians during the ancient times and in 106, at the end of the Dacian Wars, it was incorpored in the Roman Empire (see Roman Dacia).
		In 1821, Oltenia and the county of Gorj were at the center of Tudor Vladimirescu's uprising (see Wallachian uprising of 1821).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oltenia (560 words)

	Encyclopedia: Oltenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Oltenia was inhabited by Dacians during the ancient times and in 106, after two wars, it was incorpored in the Roman Empire.
		The Romans withdrew the administration south of Danube in the mid-3rd century and Oltenia was ruled by Dacian Carpians.
		Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, a subtribe of the Getae, was a large district of Central Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa (Tisza river, in Hungary), on the east by the Tyras...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Oltenia (380 words)

	The Oltenia Philharmonic from Craiova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "Oltenia" Philharmonic from Craiova, a well-known institution in the Romanian musical life, has been founded in 1904 and established in 1947 by a royal decree.
		Fonded on 1957, The Chamber Orchestra of "Oltenia" Philharmonic, from the beginning was specialized for preclassical and classical music promotion; during the passing time, the repertory was diversified appreciably till our days, when the stylistic aria of the performed works has included most of the contemporary music.
		The "Oltenia" Philharmonic from Craiova organizes yearly the well-known International Festival "Musical Craiova" distinguished by the concert's programme, the highest artistic quality of the assemblies and the guest-personalities also.
	www.doljnet.ro /filarmonica-craiova/english.htm (556 words)

	FOIB - Oltenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Oltenia is a member of the Romanian Federation.
		The colours of the Oltenian flag represent the three major ethnic groups of Oltenia.
		The blue-yellow-red at the top represents the ethnic Romanian majority, while the bottom three stripes - red-blue-green - combine the red-white-green colours of the Hungarians with the red-blue-white colours of the Serbs.
	www.geocities.com /flagsofillbethisad/ol.html (54 words)

	Virtual Meeting Place Romania
		Oltenia is a wonderful area placed between Danube, Olt river and Southern Carpathians.
		Oltenia carpets are famous because of their refined ornaments; you will admire all kind of birds (hoopoe, chicken, duck, geese), flowers, characters of the village, dance and many other amazing patterns.
		This town is the seat of the Dolj county and it is placed in the Northern part of Oltenia plain lying on the left bank of the Jiu river.
	www.meetromania.info /uk_oltenia.html (1642 words)

	Oltenia - Uncyclopedia
		Oltenia is a picturesque land, lying around the rivers Olt and Jiu.
		The southern Oltenia's plains are covered with large plantations of corn, cabbage and praz.
		Oltenia has a a lot of old churches and monasteries, including the newely opened "Dintr-un Lemn de Bambus" budist shaolin kung-fu monastery, located deep in the mountains of northen Oltenia.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Oltenia (712 words)

	Monasteries of Oltenia
		he heart of Wallachia, spread on the hills south of the Carpathians, is traditionally called Oltenia, because it lies on the river Olt.
		No wonder that Oltenia was always a place of major importance, politically, as well as spiritually.
		This way, Oltenia became also an important cultural center, mainly because of the books printed in most of these monasteries, in the Middle Ages.
	students.missouri.edu /~romsa/destinations/html/oltenesti.html (710 words)

	Novaci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Novaci is a town in Gorj county, Oltenia, Romania, situated at the foothills of the Parâng Mountains, on the river Gilort.
		The differences in between the two segments of the town are obvious in the traditional vernacular architecture: the low fences of Oltenia are replaced by tall gates and hidden-away courtyards in the Novacii Străini.
		The population has been steadily decreasing in the last couple of decades, mainly because of relocation of the young, educated population in bigger cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Novaci (151 words)

	Floricica Olteneasca
		Floricica Olteneasca is a Sîrba from Lesser Walachia (Oltenia).
		In Oltenia, several dances bear the names of plants, such as, Alunelul (the hazelbush) and Trandafirul (the rose).
		In Oltenia, the dances are mainly for mixed groups, danced in a circle or semi-circle.
	www.phantomranch.net /folkdanc/dances/floricic.htm (730 words)

	Mammoths in Oltenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the horizon may be seen the Paring mountains, on the northern border of the Oltenia region, covered by snow.
		In this part of Oltenia, in the north-west, there are many "open-cut" coal mines.
		In the distance may be seen the overburden piled up so that the coal seams may be accessed.
	donsmaps.com /romaniamammoth.html (479 words)

	THE TRANSITION FROM ANTIQUITY TO EARLY MIDDLE AGES AT THE EDGE OF THE EMPIRE (II). FROM THE FIRST DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Banat we had no finds of bronze issues after 408, but in Oltenia, at least in some areas, as Sucidava, a meagre stream of fresh bronze coins are still continuing until around 424-427, when the settlement was destroyed by a Hunic attack and was abandoned for some decades.
		In Oltenia some few bronze coins of Marcianus, Leo and Zenon were found, an indication of the fact that the late Roman issues started their diffusion north of the Danube soon after 450, in pair with the gradual re-establishment of the imperial administration and army in the region of the bridge-heads.
		During the reign of Justin I the economic and cultural contact between the Byzantine possessions situated on the northern shore of the Danube and the Balkan provinces of the empire were fully re-established as well as the basic institutions of the Roman way of life.
	www.mnir.ro /publicat/anuar/16/ernest.htm (814 words)

	Romanian costume - Aprons
		In Transylvania, Oltenia and south Muntenia the strips are predominantly horizontal.
		In parts of south west Oltenia (Mehedinţi, Gorj) the strips on one apron are horizontal and the other are vertical.
		It is found in Oltenia, parts of Muntenia, certain villages in south west Moldova, and across the Danube in northern Bulgaria and in north east Serbia where it is worn by Romanians in the Timoc valley.
	www.eliznik.org.uk /RomaniaPortul/apron.htm (2089 words)

	Welcome to Source of Light - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At present, Romania has a surface of 237,500 sq.km, a population of 22,526,096 inhabitans in 1992, among which 88.1% Romanians, and the capital in Bucharest (with a population of 2,032,000 inhabitans in 1992).
		From the administrating point of view, it is divided in 40 districts, comprised in nine old historical provinces: Maramures, Crisana, Banat, Oltenia, Muntenia, Transilvania, Bucovina, Moldova, and Dobrogea.
		Oltenia, the territory between the Danube, the Olt river and Southern Carpathians is historical province (with very important towns such as: Craiova, Târgu Jiu, Drobeta Turnu-Severin).
	www.sourcelight.ro /about_us/romania.htm (1703 words)

	Romania Travel - Gastronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The bread baked in the "test" (a kind of lid used in baking bread on a hearth) is a genuine gastronomic emblem of the region and so is the lamb cooked "in outlaw style." As far as sweets are concerned, cottage cheese fritters or pumpkin strudel are part of the successful specialities of the province.
		Oltenia is also famous for its "heavy artillery" as the red wines are called.
		Sâmburesti, Vânju Mare and Segarcea are yielding remarkable wines compared to the great holidays of a year.
	www.netsoft.ro /people/mdragoi/romania/gastronomy/oltenia.html (354 words)

	Castles and Churches in Wallachia and Transylvania
		Discover and stay in, the beautiful orthodox churches of Oltenia in the Carpathians foothills; hike up 1480 steps to the 'real' Dracula's castle; celebrate the Gypsy festival at Costeşti, where in-between dancing and drinking you may even bump into their emperor; and see the famous modernist sculptures of Brâncuşi at Târgu Jiu.
		One of the most impressive chains of such religious settlements is to be found in the North of Oltenia, considered to be " the second Bucovina" of Romania.
		Oltenia is part of Wallachia- one of the three provinces forming Romania, in the south of the Carpathian Mountains.
	www.discoveromania.ro /castles_and_churches_in_wallachi.htm (480 words)

	Springs and Wells of Oltenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is a tradition in Oltenia to build wells for people and animals, as a memorial for the builder.
		The archaeologist Dorel Bondoc, from Oltenia Museum said that the cups are interesting and wished to see them.
		Dr Mihalache Daniela Maria, from Filiasi said that is an old tradition to put a cup (pottery) in or near each spring to help to promote the spring and to help maintain it as a source of water.
	donsmaps.com /romaniasprings.html (790 words)

	Oltenia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The historical-geographic areas of Oltenia and Muntenia take the southern extremity of the country, between the southern Western Carpathians, the northern Southern Carpathians and the Danube river in the south-east, including the Romanian plain and the under-hill settlements.
		Visited by numerous historical tribulations, Oltenia and Muntenia preserve tokens of steadfast and valuable local cultures situated almost everywhere in an exceptional natural scenery.
		Here you can find vestiges of former ancient cities and constructions, medieval foundations of wide scope belonging to voivodes, boyars, traces of the former seat citadels in Valahia, folk creations, classical and ethnographic museums that often house world rarities, millenary spas and modern resorts for mounain sports, unique monuments in nature.
	www.atlantic.ro /atlantic/Atlantic_site/what_to_see/oltenia.htm (125 words)

	Usbiz
		The battle for control of Argus Constanta, the second edible oil producer on the Romanian market, is intensifying on the RASDAQ now that SIF Oltenia is set to become the most important shareholder in the company.
		SIF Oltenia has acquired 10% in Argus on the capital market over the last few months, with the quote for this stock going up by almost 50%.
		SIF Oltenia representatives say they would be interested in buying more shares from the market.
	www.usbiz.ro /digit/show-news.php3?id=15357 (189 words)

	Carbunele, in transp. feroviare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The most recent day activities of lignite exploitation in the coal-bearing basin of Oltenia are those from Ro?ia-Jiud, Pe?teana - Jiu, as well as at Rogojelu, Albeni and Urdari mime pits, which were started after year 1980.
		At the beginning of the coal exploitation activity in our country, because of the rudimentary transportation means, metallurgic and iron and steel industrial enterprises begin to develop in the neighbourhood of the mine areas.
		Due to the exploitation of coals ores, 23 railways were built in Romania, which were called “ the coal’s railways”, with a length of 825 km, representing 7.4% of the total national railway network.
	www.cfr.ro /JF/engleza/0104/carbunele.htm (1383 words)

	Focal Point - Elena Bogdan: Women as Risktakers for God
		As she got to know them, she was overwhelmed with the spiritual darkness in Oltenia, and God seemed to bum the people of that region on her heart.
		It was during this time that a group of young people in Timisoara heard about her burden for Oltenia and offered to form a mission group to work in the southern province.
		On another visit to Oltenia, village people reported her to the police for spreading 'religious propaganda.' A police truck picked her up and brought her in for questioning.
	www.denverseminary.edu /magazine/2005spring/bogdan.php (8448 words)

	Muntenia and Oltenia - Valcea - Turism, vacanta, munte, litoral, aventura, harti si fotografii in Romania prin Romanian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Muntenia and Oltenia - Valcea - Turism, vacanta, munte, litoral, aventura, harti si fotografii in Romania prin Romanian Tourism.ro
		--> Muntenia and Oltenia - Valcea - Turism, vacanta, munte, litoral, aventura, harti si fotografii in Romania prin Romanian Tourism.ro Muntenia and Oltenia - Valcea - Turism, vacanta, munte, litoral, aventura, harti si fotografii in Romania prin Romanian Tourism.ro - Bine ati venit!
		Valcea, at an altitude of 475 m, in the north-east part of Oltenia, at the foot of Capatanii Mountains, on both banks of the Olanesti creek).
	www.romaniantourism.com /index.php?unde=zonetur&id_cont=73 (2262 words)

	Sociologie Româneasca, 2003, 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shamanism, religious conversion and missionarism as well as techniques aimed at the control of supra-natural forces moved closer to mainstream public life in the post-1989 period in most East European and FSU countries.
		The paper will use ethnographic material from South-Eastern Romania (Oltenia), a region where entire communities - marginals and elites (doctors, priests, politicians) alike - rely on the advice of magic practitioners and diviners in order to find answers to misfortune, inertia, disease and supra-natural occurrences.
		The paper will describe three specific ways in which property and production relations, kinship relations and magic are linked, attempting to show how these “exotic” practices make sense in the local context.
	www.sociologieromaneasca.ro /eng/2003/abstracts/sr2003.3.a07.htm (224 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - Oltenia II (Steam tanker)
		At 22.37 hours on 8 Jan, 1943, U-436 fired three single torpedoes at the convoy TM-1 southwest of the Canary Islands and hit the Oltenia II twice, which exploded and sank.
		The third torpedo hit the Albert L. Ellsworth, which fell behind and was shelled and sunk the next day by the same U-boat.
		The master, 13 crew members and three gunners from the Oltenia II (Master Arthur Laddle) were lost.
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/2572.html (206 words)

	Usbiz
		Add to this that the name of the fund is Oltenia Financial Investment Society (the word for word translation of SIF Oltenia) and success in attracting investors is practically guaranteed.
		This is a scam intended to fool potential investors, though not necessarily Romanian investors who have been through the experience of Caritas (a pyramid investment scheme in the early 1990s) and FNI (a more recent investment scam): this scam is mainly aimed at American investors.
		The website describes in great detail the investments made by SIF Oltenia in the last two years, and mentions companies such as Sanex Cluj, Argus Constanta and Postelecom, the fixed telephone operator of the Posta Romana (Romanian postal service company) that is yet to be launched.
	www.usbiz.ro /digit/show-news.php3?id=16377 (548 words)

	Usbiz
		SIF Oltenia has budgeted net profits for this year of 501.5bn ROL (13.7 million euros at 36,500 ROL/EUR).
		This is a decrease on the 695bn ROL (17.1 million euro) profits seen the previous year.
		Does this mean SIF Oltenia will not be selling any of the shares it holds in major companies - in banks, for example - even if circumstances are favourable to a sale?
	www.usbiz.ro /digit/show-news.php3?id=16301 (279 words)

	Muntenia & Oltenia Romania Travel, Vacations & Accommodations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Hotel Inter-Continental Bucharest is conveniently located in Bucharest's city centre, near busin...
		The hotel is ideally located near the international airport (free shuttle service).
		Likewise, it is the responsibility of advertisers to determine the suitability and credit worthiness of potential customers prior to any transaction.
	www.realadventures.com /pages/romania/muntenia-oltenia.htm (371 words)

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