Attractions in Pitești

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The main entrance of the former Pitești prison, a white building with an arched doorway, seen through fir trees (2010)

Pitești Prison Memorial

Pitești, AG

The former Pitești prison, where in 1949–1951 students held as political prisoners were subjected to “re-education” through torture, now a private memorial museum; on the UNESCO Tentative List since 2024.

Museums and memorial housesMonuments and historic sites

Closed1 – 1½ hours25 lei

Pitești Prison Memorial

Pitești, AGClosed25 lei

Museums and memorial houses

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In the surrounding area

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Not in Pitești itself, but in the surrounding area — sorted by distance from Pitești.

The wooden church with its painted porch and shingle bell tower, seen from the path between thujas and a hedge in high summer

9 km from Pitești

Wooden Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Glâmbocu

Glâmbocu, AG

Churches

The wooden church seen from the side, with its broad shingle roof, porch and open bell tower, on a grassy lawn

30 km from Pitești

Ascension of the Lord Wooden Church in Jupânești

Jupânești, AG

Churches

The white monastery church, with its twisted towers and carved façades, at sunset, with the open canopy on the left and a tree in blossom on the right

48 km from Pitești

Curtea de Argeș Monastery

Curtea de Argeș, AG

Monasteries

Panorama of the Jidova fort, with the low river-stone walls, the glass pavilion over the hypocaust and the hills of Câmpulung behind

55 km from Pitești

Jidava Roman Fort (Jidova)

Câmpulung, AGClosed20 lei

Monuments and historic sitesUNESCO

The Chindia Tower and the towers of the Great Princely Church rising above the enclosure wall, seen from Chindia Park

61 km from Pitești

Târgoviște Princely Court (Curtea Domnească din Târgoviște)

Târgoviște, DBClosed30 lei

Monuments and historic sites

The monastery's stone church, with two towers and arcaded façades, seen through the arch of the gate, in the grassy courtyard

64 km from Pitești

Dealu Monastery

Aninoasa, DB

Monasteries

Top 10066 km from Pitești

Ocnele Mari Salt Mine

Ocnele Mari, VLClosed60 lei

Salt mines

The wooden church with a broad sheet-metal roof, a small bell tower on the ridge and a glazed porch, on a white plinth in the hilltop cemetery

67 km from Pitești

Saint Paraskeva Wooden Church in Băbeni (Capu Dealului)

Băbeni, VL

Churches

The metal staircase climbing the rock to the keep and the citadel walls, among autumn trees under a clear sky

Top 10075 km from Pitești

Poenari Citadel

Căpățânenii Ungureni, AGClosed30 lei

Fortresses and fortifications