Polovragi
Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Polovragi is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Polovragi and Racovița.
The commune is located in the northeastern part of Gorj County, Template:Cvt from the county seat, Târgu Jiu, on the border with Vâlcea County. National road Template:Ill connects it to Târgu Jiu and Drobeta-Turnu Severin to the west and to Râmnicu Vâlcea to the east.
Polovragi is situated in a hilly area at the foot of the Southern Carpathians, at an altitude of Template:Cvt. It lies on the banks of the river Olteț, which has its source in the Template:Ill, and carves a Template:Cvt-long gorge just to the north of Polovragi village. In the gorge, some Template:Cvt above the river, is the Template:Ill, where about 300 horseshoe bats roost. The cave is said to have been home to Zalmoxis, a divinity of the Getae and Dacians; the "Dacian Oven" and "Zalmoxis' Throne" are among the rock formations that can be found here.[1]
The Template:Ill was built in 1505 by ktitors Radu Comisul and Pătru Spătaru, the sons of boyar Danciu Zamona.[2]
Andruță Ceaușescu (1886–1969), Nicolae Ceaușescu's father, was the descendant of a family of shepherds from Polovragi.[3]
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