Polovragi Monastery was founded before 1505 in Polovragi commune, Gorj County, Romania. It is a convent for nuns and the dedication day is 15 August, “Assumption of the Virgin”. The monastery is located in a picturesque setting at the feet of the mountain “Piatra Polovragilor”, in the vicinity of the Oltet Gorge.
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We visited Polovragi Cave and then walked through the Oltet Gorge, Romania
"The valley of Oltet river develop in the Jurassic limestone from the South of Parâng Mountains and of Căpătânii Mountains a very abrupt relief about 200-300 m, which shelter the beautiful Oltet Gorges and the renowned cave Polovragi - well known tourist objectives.
The Oltet Gorges, with parallel walls, at 3-4 m distance in the lower part and 10-20 m in the upper part, let pass only a little light, but one can see many erosion levels, with many caves, most of them inaccessible.
The Oltet Gorges zone is very interesting because of the landscape and of its flora. On the little soil formed among the limestone are growing the beech, the maple, the hornbeam, the elm, the hazel etc. Here are over 300 species of plants characteristic to the limestone soil. There is also a very old forest of sweet chestnut-trees and a narcissus clearing only at 4 km South from the gorges." (www.voyager-tourism.ro/polovragicave.html)
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We visited Polovragi Cave and then walked through the Oltet Gorge, Romania
"The valley of Oltet river develop in the Jurassic limestone from the South of Parâng Mountains and of Căpătânii Mountains a very abrupt relief about 200-300 m, which shelter the beautiful Oltet Gorges and the renowned cave Polovragi - well known tourist objectives.
The Oltet Gorges, with parallel walls, at 3-4 m distance in the lower part and 10-20 m in the upper part, let pass only a little light, but one can see many erosion levels, with many caves, most of them inaccessible.
The Oltet Gorges zone is very interesting because of the landscape and of its flora. On the little soil formed among the limestone are growing the beech, the maple, the hornbeam, the elm, the hazel etc. Here are over 300 species of plants characteristic to the limestone soil. There is also a very old forest of sweet chestnut-trees and a narcissus clearing only at 4 km South from the gorges." (www.voyager-tourism.ro/polovragicave.html)
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The Oltet Gorge in Romania is quite impressive with 200 to 300m high cliffs that are only three to five meters apart at the base of the gorge and between 10 and 20 meters at the top of the cliffs. The gorge cliffs host numerous caves exist, most of them inaccessible, carved in Jurassic limestone. Polovragi Cave is located at the left side of the gorge, 200m from the entrance and only 20m from the road through the gorge.
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The Oltet Gorge in Romania is quite impressive with 200 to 300m high cliffs that are only three to five meters apart at the base of the gorge and between 10 and 20 meters at the top of the cliffs. The gorge cliffs host numerous caves exist, most of them inaccessible, carved in Jurassic limestone. Polovragi Cave is located at the left side of the gorge, 200m from the entrance and only 20m from the road through the gorge.
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