The first Romanian metropolis, the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia, was created in 1359, followed in 1370 by the Metropolis of Severin west of the Olt River.
The Székely groups who had inhabited the valleys of the rivers Hortobágy and Sebes had moved eastward, across the river Olt by the 1220s.
The county was situated in the Carpathian Mountains, around the sources and upper courses of the rivers Olt and Mureş.
Found in a volatile region of the world, this principality's borders constantly shifted, but during Mircea's rule, Wallachia controlled the largest area in its history: from the river Olt in the north to the Danube in the south, and from the Danube's Iron Gates in the west to the Black Sea in the east.
Racoviţa Commune, is situated at the base of Suru Peak (2281m) on the contact between the foothills of the Fagaras Mountains and the low terrace of the floodplain, on the left bank of the Olt River, at an altitude of 385 meters.
The settlement of Rotbav is situated upon a high terrace formation above the Olt River.
The village is situated on the two banks of the Olt River at the northernmost end of the Lower Ciuc Basin 7 km from Miercurea Ciuc.
•
On the Háromtetej hill which rises above a narrow valley of the Olt River, the ruines of the ancient castle of the Andrássy family can be seen,
•
The gushing mineral water created a marshy area next to bridge of the Olt River.
Sândominic is located in the upper reaches of the Olt valley, 29 kilometres north of Miercurea Ciuc.
The Saint Margaret Chapel is situated on the Alsó-Erdőalja field, west of the Olt River.
It will follow the Olt River valley, and will have the following route, from west to east: Junction with A1 south of Sibiu – Avrig – Cârțișoara – Voila – Junction with A3 east of Făgăraş.
The Bistriţa River, a tributary of the Olt River, passes through the commune from north to south.
In addition, he praised Demetrescu the poet for his musical feel, and especially for his rendition of "the acoustic of fluids" (extending to images of the Olt River, fields of grain swept by the wind, and currents of air passing through trees on the Danube shore).
Romania has a system of large, navigable rivers, such as the Danube, Olt and Mures that cross the country.
Mississippi River | River Thames | Amazon River | Columbia River | Hudson River | Colorado River | Potomac River | river | Ohio River | Missouri River | Delaware River | Murray River | River Tyne | Madeira River | Volga River | River Nene | River Clyde | River Trent | River Severn | Amur River | River Wear | Allegheny River | Red River | Dnieper River | Yarra River | Paraná River | River Tees | Fraser River | Yangtze River | Tocantins River |