Pitești
What to see in Pitești
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Princely church of 1656Biserica Domnească „Sfântul Gheorghe”
The church built in 1656 by Prince Constantin Șerban and Princess Bălașa in the heart of the city, with three towers and a two-storey porch on thick brick pillars.
It is the town's princely church and is considered the first church in Wallachia with a two-storey porch on brick pillars.
Centru, lângă Piața Vasile Milea și capătul Străzii Victoriei
2Boyar manor and open-air museumMuzeul Viticulturii și Pomiculturii Golești
The Golescu boyars' court, with its 1640 manor house, church, towers and Turkish bath, plus an open-air museum of more than 30 farmsteads from Romania's wine and fruit regions.
This is where the Golescu brothers prepared the 1848 revolution and where Prince Carol I was received in 1866, and around the manor stands a village museum with more than 30 farmsteads.
Golești, orașul Ștefănești, la 10 km de centru pe drumul spre București- 3Memorial to the victims of communism
Memorialul Închisoarea Pitești
A private museum in Pitești's former prison, where between 1949 and 1951 political prisoners, most of them students, were subjected to 're-education' through torture.
It is the site of the 'Pitești Phenomenon', considered the most violent programme of 're-education' through torture in the Eastern Bloc, and the building has been a listed monument since 2023.
Cartierul Negru Vodă, nordul orașului, la 1 km de centru 
4County museum, naive art gallery and planetariumMuzeul Județean Argeș
The county museum, in the recently restored neoclassical former Prefecture (1898–1899), with the National Gallery of Naive Art and the Planetarium in the same complex.
The restored former Prefecture is a listed monument, and the Naive Art Gallery in the same complex, opened in 1971, was the first of its kind in Romania.
Centru, în spatele Străzii Victoriei, la 250 m de Piața Primăriei
5Forest park and monasteryPădurea și Mănăstirea Trivale
The old forest on the hills west of the city, with a landscaped park at the entrance, walking paths, the city zoo and Trivale Monastery, a 17th-century foundation.
It is where Pitești goes for a walk, 20 minutes on foot from the centre, with an old monastery in the middle of the forest.
Trivale, vestul orașului, la 1,5 km de centru