Rediscover the Flame of Petroleum - The moreni city hall is promoting natural resources, elements of folk and folk art in the area of Moreni with the purpose to transfrom it into an attractive touristic destination and to increase its visibility through specific promotional means

Rediscover the Flame of Petroleum - The moreni city hall is promoting natural resources, elements of folk and folk art in the area of Moreni with the purpose to transfrom it into an attractive touristic destination and to increase its visibility through specific promotional means.
Redeem the Flame of petroleum, project co-financed by the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013, Priority Axis 5 - Sustainable Development and Promotion of Tourism, Key Area of Intervention 5.3 -" Promoting the tourism potential and creating the necessary infrastructure in order to increase Romania's attractiveness Tourist destination, is a two-year project (30.12.2011-29.12.2013) and is the main mean by which Moreni City Hall aims to promote the natural resources and elements of folk and folk art in the Moreni area in order to transform it into - an attractive tourist destination and to increase its visibility through specific promotional means.

Moreni municipality, located in the administrative territory of Dâmboviţa County, dates from the end of the 16th century and is the oldest oil center in the country. The underground resources were the ones that made Moreni a well-known center not only in the country but also abroad, and it is here that we have to say that here in Moreni were played important pages of the foreign policy of the country.

For a better planning of your visit to Moreni, you must know that the main cities are positioned as follows:

Targoviste - 22 km
Campina - 30 km
Brasov - 85 km
Bucharest - 100 km
Pitesti - 109 km

For easy access to the city, road access is made from:

DJ 710A - Which connects DN71 to DN1
DJ 720 - Is the road link with Târgovişte and between DN 72 and DN 1
A1 - About 60 km away.

For your visit to Moreni to be one that you will be happy to remember and make you come back, we present you the main tourist attractions of the city and its surroundings:

"The face change" Church- 1868;
The Double Dwelling Church "The Assumption of Our Lady and Saint Dimitrie" (1891-1895) in the Stavropoleos district;

War Heroes Monument 1916-1918;

Oil drilling and extraction wells and petroleum sites;
Museum of Art and Traditions of School No. 1;
Historical ruins at the Nemet's Cazemata and the ruins of connecting tunnels with Ploiesti City;
The municipal stadium with 10,000 seats;
Sângeriş Hill in Moreni, a natural motocross route, unparalleled in length and difficulty.

Moreni can be a starting point for other great tourist attractions:
Zimbrii Reserve "Neagra" Bucşani;
Museum Complex Princely Court;
Dealu Monastery;
Cantacuzino Palace Floreşti (Little Trianon);
Memorial House I.L. Caragiale.

We look forward to visiting the area and the town of Moreni, places filled with tradition, history, calm and good will, from where you will surely come back relaxed, rest and much richer spirit!
For more details and information, we invite you to meet us and we are waiting for you at the Romanian Tourism Fair, which will be held this autumn in Bucharest. Also, to see that we know how to entertain and to enter the middle of the action, we invite you to the "Rediscover the Flame of Petroleum" festival at the end of June this year.

For more information about the project, visit www.redescopera-moreni.ro

Photo © UAT City of Moreni

It is important to preserve and perpetuate the traditions and the existing resources!

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