Bistreţ

The commune Bistret is composed by four villages (Bistretu Nou, Plosca, Brandusa, Bistret) and is situated in the Danube meadow, on the north-west border of the lake Bistret, in the south of the county Dolj, on the National Road DN 55A, at a distance of 65 km from Craiova and 35 km from Bailesti.

In this place there where two Geto-dacian settlements from the 9^th – 6^th cent. BC, and a Roman castrum from the 2^nd – 3^rd cent. AD.

The main occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture, mainly plants farming and animal raising.

Main touristic objectives:

• The churches „Sfantul Nicolae” and „Arhanghelul Mihail” – 1826-1823.
• Fishing in the lake Calugareni
• The lake Bistret, the second largest in Romania,  (1867 ha)
• Byzantine castrum from the times of the emperor Constantine the Great, on the left bank of the Danube.

Events:

• Religious festivity – the titular saint of the church “Sfantul Nicolae”
• Weekly fair: on Thursday
• The annual festivity of the village – on the 26th October
• The festival „Obiceiuri de Anul Nou”, on the 1st and 2nd January
• The Union Day – 24th January
• The festival „Ziua Femeii” – Woman’s Day – 8th March
• The festival „Eroi au fost eroi sunt inca” – 9th May
• The Festival Ziua Copilului” – Children’s Day – 1st June
•  „Ziua Armatei” – The army’s Day – 25th October
• National Day – 1st December
• The festival „Serbarea Pomului de Iarna” – 19th December