# Costești (Romania)

Costești is a town of 10,000 people (2011) in Muntenia, Romania.

## Understand

Traces of inhabiting the territory where the city of Costești, Argeș County, is located today, dates back to before the conquest of Dacia by the Romans, from early antiquity. The existence of a human community on the current territory of the city of Costesti is attested, among others, by the Roman imperial denarius issued by the emperor Domitian, discovered in 1966, on the Cimitirului Hill in Costesti. The settlement is documented initially in the deed issued by the princely chancellery of voivode Radu Paisie on July 30, 1535, confirming to Șerb and others the ownership of some "ocine în Costești", Șerb "placing ocini tracks on his daughters, Stana and Buna" . In the 14th century, there are several mentions of two journeys of the voivode Nicolae Alexandru Basarab, son of Basarab I the Founder, from Curtea de Argeș to the Danube, during which stops were made for rest and changing horses "in the settlement of Costesti". Today's costesti acquires and retains its status as a plain fair and trading center until close to the modern era. Undoubtedly, April 18, 1930 is the darkest day in the history of the town. It was a Friday, Good Friday before Easter. In the small wooden church in the village of Costesti, the priest and the crowd of parishioners were preparing for Denie's service. The tragedy happened around 6 p.m. 116 souls, most of them children, almost all the children of the village, died in a terrible fire that engulfed and burned, in a few minutes, the little church. Between 1932 and 1934, a new church was built, later renovated in two or three rows, and which today is one of the city's prides. Another pride of the locality is an old wooden church, built in 1686, in the area where the Zorile neighborhood is today.
On June 1, 1968, by official decree, Costești was declared a third category city. The birth certificate of the city of Costești was issued on June 8, 1968 by the executive committee of the City People's Council. Between 1968 and 1989, the travel system of the citizens was modernized, benefiting not only from the railway, but also from the national road DN 65A Costești - Roșiori de Vede and the modernized county road Costești - Alexandria.

## Get in
### By bus

There are buses from Pitești (very frequent); some of their schedules are available on autogari.ro.
The 44.66798924.8780161 Răzvan şi Liviu SRL Bus Station

### By train

Costești is situated on the Pitești-Slatina-Craiova railway line. From Pitești there are connections to Bucharest, Ștefănești and Curtea de Argeș.
* 44.66790624.8774322 Costești Railway Station, Aleea Gării, ☏ +40 248672902. (updated Jul 2020)

## See

* 44.66899824.8798721 Central Park (Parcul Central). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67135824.8814632 Cathedral of the Holy Prophet Elijah (Catedrala Sfântul Prooroc Ilie). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.68104124.8836533 Telești Lake (Lacul Telești). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66295224.8699234 Memorial Church „St. Nicolae" (Biserica memorial „Sf. Nicolae”). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67065224.8579475 Wooden church "Pious Paraschiva". (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.69200424.8768216 Wooden Church of the Ascension (Biserica de lemn Înălțarea Domnului). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67447724.8811187 Former Court, today Deanery of Costești (Fosta Judecătorie, azi Protoieria Costești). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67376324.881328 Former Costești Town Hall, today Town Police (Fosta Primărie Costești, today Politia Orasului). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67119524.8821439 Forrmer Deany, today parish house (Fosta protoierie, astăzi casă parohială). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.67012224.87973910 Bădescu House (Casa Bădescu). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66263224.87720211 Nicolau House (Casa Nicolau). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.71870324.86819212 “Sunday of All Saints” Church (Biserica “Duminica Tuturor Sfinţilor”). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66907924.87903813 Ethnographic Museum (Muzeul Etnografic). (updated Jan 2021)
* Casa Echinescu. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.6687424.89208414 Metalurgie Lake (Lacul Metalurgie). (updated Jan 2021)

## Do

* 44.66314524.8796551 Costești Swimming Pool (Ștrand Costești). (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66901424.8790332 House of Culture (Casa de Cultură). (updated Jan 2021)

## Eat

* 44.66893624.880161 Melody. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66819624.8787522 Restaurant Argeșul-Royal Garden. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66635624.8790623 Simigeria Andrei. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66694324.8783134 Pizza AYO. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66804524.8784635 Best Shaorma House. (updated Jan 2021)

## Drink

* 44.66962824.8808981 KUBA cafe. (updated Jan 2021)
* 44.66822924.8798562 Marron Caffe. (updated Jan 2021)

## Sleep

* 44.66335824.876191 Pensiune SC Alpin Star SRL, Strada Victoriei, nr. 104. (updated Jan 2021)

## Connect

* 44.66850324.881 Costești Post Office (Oficiul Poștal Costești), Bloc Z1, Strada Victoriei, ☏ +40 248672949. (updated Jan 2021)

## Stay healthy

* 44.6646624.8742492 "King Carol l" Town Hospital (Spitalul Orășenesc "Regele Carol I"), Strada Industriilor 19, ☏ +40 730109410, +40 248673550, spitalcostesti@yahoo.com. (updated Jan 2021)