Turceni

Turceni is a city inside the county of Gorj, Oltenia, Romania, including the localities of Jiltu and Turceni and from the villages of Garbovu, Murgesti, Stramba-Jiu and Valea Viei. The metropolis is placed in the southern part of Gorj County and appeared around industrial sites in the area: the Turceni Thermal Power Plant and the Turceni Hydro Power Plant. The discovery of tools, guns or vessels utilized by the populace dwelling on Turceni is the first evidence that man's existence this vicinity.

Also in this territory were made lances, corks belonging to the same feudal age. The presence of these objects attests to the fact that the villages of Turceni and the valleys of Jiu and Jilt have constantly been populated. The first written documents proving that those places exist regarded in 1499, but more concrete dates appeared in 1529, when Parvu, Ban of Craiova gave the village of Turceni Tismana Monastery. On September 19, 1569 Prince Alexandru I Mircea 1568 to 1574 confirms that he is taking manipulate over Turceni, the Lower facet. In the 16th and 17th centuries there had been other confirmations of the ownership of the estates in Turceni.