page_title: Oltenia
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Oltenia / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Alt bei Porumbacu de Jos (nahe Freck).
context_page_description: Oltenia is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt river.
context_section_description: Oltenia is part of the Sud - Vest development region. It entirely includes the counties:
  Gorj
  Dolj
  and parts of the counties:
  Mehedinți (mainly in Oltenia, but the western part belongs to Banat)
  Vâlcea (part east of the Olt river is in Muntenia, a small part in the north-east lies in Transylvania)
  Olt (the western half, the former Romanați county)
  Teleorman (only the commune Islaz)
  Oltenia's main city and seat for a majority of the late Middle Ages is Craiova. The first medieval seat of Oltenia was Turnu Severin, anciently called Drobeta, in the Banate of Severin. That city is located near the site of Trajan's Bridge, built by Apollodorus of Damascus for Emperor Trajan in his conquest of the region.
caption: The Olt River separates Oltenia from Muntenia
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