Buila-Vânturarița N.P.

Buila-Vânturarița National Park, a site of the Natura 2000 European Ecological Network (SCI and SPA), was established by GD 2151/2004, following the research and efforts of the Kogayon Association and is managed by RNP Romsilva in partnership with the Kogayon Association.

It is located in Valcea County, in the south of the Căpățânii Mountains, on the territory of Costești, Bărbătești and Băile Olănești. It is the smallest national park in Romania, with an area of almost 4500 ha.

The park comprises the linear limestone ridge of the Buila-Vânturarița Massif, with a length of about 14 km, dominated by the two peaks that give the massif its name: the Buila peak (1849 m) and the Vânturarița Mare peak (1885 m).

The limestone massif has numerous exockarstic (gorges, sinkholes, lapies) and endokarst (caves and avene) forms, palaeontological sites, as well as virgin forests and numerous protected species of flora and fauna.

An additional attraction of the park is the cultural-historical sights: monasteries, hermitages, churches, including rock churches, as well as traditions, customs and traditional architecture in the villages at the foot of the mountain.

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Map of Buila-Vânturarița

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