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HISTORY AND CULTURE Targu Carbunesti received the status of a city in the year 1968. The very first time it was documented in the 15th century, first with the name Gilort’s Fair (Gilort is a river near the city), then Bengai Fair and after that as Petrestii from Above. There are some historical sites in the community such as old wooden churches from 17th and 18th centuries, a monastery and a settlement from the Neolithic age. In the city there is also a museum of Tudor Arghezi, a famous Romanian author.  DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY Targu Carbunesti is situated about 25km from Targu Jiu which is the capital of Gorj county. . There are about 10,000 inhabitants in the community, including a gipsy minority of round 1000 people. About half of the people live in the urban area and the rest in the villages nearby. There are 9 villages nearby the town; Blahnita, Carbunesti Village, Cojani, Cretesti, Floresteni, Curteana, Macescu, Pojogeni and Stefanesti.
In the city you can find all the basic things such as library, public internet point (open Monday-Friday from 4pm to 10pm and on Saturday from 9am to 7pm), shops, hospital, church and a cultural house. There is also a hotel and a few restaurants as well as a pub and a disco. The people in the city are nice and helpful, but only a few of them speaks English or other foreign languages, except French. Near the city runs the river Gilort, and especially in the spring and in the summer the area nearby the river is very nice. There are two schools in the city, Primary school which has classes from 1 to 8 and the High school/College (classes 8 to 12) of 550 students called Tudor Arghezi. Both of the schools have a positive attitude towards volunteers and the teachers as well as the students are interested in doing different activities.There is a house of disabled where the disabled people can learn an occupation and an orphans house for homeless children where is going on a long term voluntary project by some English volunteers. Dancing is a popular hobby among the children and teenagers, there are several dancing active groups for folk dances and modern dances and a lot of children take part in these. Other popular activities are football and handball. There is a good connection from Targu Carbunesti to Targu Jiu. Buses go between the cities every half an hour during the week from 7am until 8pm and about once per hour during the weekends. There is also train connection. Some bad points, there are not many activities to do or places to go for the young people, so the city is somewhat of a quiet place during the evenings and weekends. And there are lots of dogs in the streets. The most of the dogs are not dangerous, but some of them might be aggressive so it is better to be careful especially when you are walking alone. Authors: Giulia and Jenny |
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