# Tourist attractions in Vrancea County

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Vrancea County sits at the bend of the Carpathians, where the mountain chain turns south and the sub-Carpathian hills run down towards the Siret. Focșani, the county seat, was a border town between Moldavia and Wallachia until the Union of 1859, hence its name of "the city of the Union", and it is the centre of a broad wine region, with Panciu, Odobești and Cotești. In the mountains, the villages of the Vrancea country, Lepșa and Soveja, have kept a distinctive pastoral life, while in the north the Mărășești Mausoleum recalls the battles of 1917. The places to visit in Vrancea County are about mountains, wine and history.

The [Putna Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-putnei), a few kilometres from Lepșa in the Putna-Vrancea Natural Park, is the best-known spot in the county's mountains and a starting point for hikes in the Vrancea Mountains. On the way, Lepșa Monastery and Tulnici are worth a stop. Beyond that, Vrancea is a region to discover slowly, along the valleys of the Putna, the Zăbala and the Milcov.

## Tourist attractions

3 attractions

- [Focul Viu (Living Fire) of Andreiașu de Jos](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/focul-viu-andreiasu) — National parks and reserves · Andreiașu de Jos, VN · 30 min
  A nature reserve in the Vrancea Subcarpathians where methane gas seeps out of the ground and burns by itself, in small flames best seen in dry weather and towards evening.
- [Mărășești Mausoleum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/mausoleul-de-la-marasesti) — Monuments and historic sites · Mărășești, VN · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours
  The First World War heroes' mausoleum, built between 1923 and 1938 on the 1917 battlefield, with 5,073 soldiers in its crypts and a museum of the battles.
- [Putna Waterfall](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/cascada-putnei) — Waterfalls · Lepșa, VN · 2 lei · 45 min
  A series of steps and potholes where the Putna river drops 14 m over about 80 m between sandstone walls, near Lepșa; a nature reserve since 1973, minutes from the DN2D.

## Localities

- [Andreiașu de Jos](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/andreiasu-de-jos)
- [Lepșa](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/locality/lepsa)
- [Mărășești](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/marasesti)

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