Runcu

Runcu is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is located on the foot of Valcan Mountains, 17 km West of Targu Jiu. The commune consists of 7 villages: Balta, Baltisoara, Dobrita, Rachiti, Runcu, Suseni and Valea Mare. Runcu village changed into first mentioned in a report issued in 1486 with the aid of Vlad Calugarul. The dominant magnificence of Wallachia maintained hobbies in the location all through most of the Middle Ages.

According to some resources, the nearby church turned into founded in the early seventeenth century by means of Domnita Florica, daughter of Michael the Brave, who sought safe haven in Runcu after the dying of her father. Stone and bronze age archaeological unearths, as well as artifacts from earlier than the Roman conquest, indicate that Runcu and the surrounding regions were inhabited a great deal in advance. Runcu is the birthplace of folk music singers Ioana Zlataru and Maria Apostol 1954 to 1993. Scenes from the Romanian movies Batalia din umbra 1986, Iancu Jianu, haiducul 1981, Iancu Jianu, zapciul 1980 and Ecaterina Teodoroiu 1979 were shot in Runcu village and at the nearby Sohodol Gorge.