Dragoslavele

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Dragoslavele
Commune
Mateiaș mausoleum
Mateiaș mausoleum
Location in Argeș County
Location in Argeș County
Dragoslavele is located in Romania
Dragoslavele
Dragoslavele
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°21′N 25°10′E / 45.350°N 25.167°E / 45.350; 25.167Coordinates: 45°21′N 25°10′E / 45.350°N 25.167°E / 45.350; 25.167
CountryRomania
CountyArgeș
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,613
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AG

Dragoslavele is a commune in the northern part of Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania, located by the former border between Wallachia and Transylvania, on the Wallachian side. It is a relatively important location for boarding house tourism. The commune is composed of two villages, Dragoslavele and Valea Hotarului.

The commune lies at the bottom of the Southern Carpathians' slopes (at one end of the Bran Pass, the narrow valley separating the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi ranges), on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.

History[]

From the Middle Ages until 1916, Dragoslavele was an important border crossing point between Wallachia (later Romania) and the Habsburg lands (from 1867, Austria-Hungary). During World War I, in October 1916, the area between Dragoslavele and Mateiaș was the scene of a violent battle between Romanian Army and German Army forces (see Romania during World War I).

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References[]

  1. ^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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