Teleorman County

In the far south of Wallachia, Teleorman spreads across the low Danube plain, threaded by the Vedea and Teleorman rivers that give it its name. This is above all a farming land, with wheat and sunflower fields running to the horizon, yet it holds deep prehistoric roots: Neolithic settlements and archaeological sites tied to the Gumelnita culture have been unearthed here. Turnu Magurele keeps watch over the Danube bank, while the county seat, Alexandria, a town planned in 1834 and named after Prince Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica, offers a calm central square and old churches as a resting point in the heart of the plain.