Colți

Colți (Romanian pronunciation: [kolt͡sʲ]) is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, located in the Pătârlagele hollow, at the curvature of the Carpathian mountains, 13 km away from the town of Pătârlagele. It is composed of four villages: Aluniș, Colți, Colții de Jos and Muscelu Cărămănești.

Colți
Commune
Location in Buzău County
Colți
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°23′N 26°24′E
Country Romania
CountyBuzău
Established1508 (first attested)
SubdivisionsAluniș, Colți, Colții de Jos, Muscelul Cărămănești
Government
 • MayorPavel-Petrișor Rădulescu[1] (PSD)
Population
 (2011)[2]
1,094
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
127195 - 127198
Vehicle reg.BZ

Landmarks

The amber museum
The Amber Museum in Colți

Colți is known for having been the only place in Romania where amber was extracted. The old amber mine has been closed since 1948, but the commune is the location of the only amber museum in Romania. The museum was opened in 1973 and exhibits pieces of amber and other minerals as well as deeds and documents that refer to amber mining.[3]

The most important exhibits are some pieces of amber that weigh over 1.5 kilograms, an earring with a piece of amber that preserves a 3-million-year-old ant, and another piece that kept the shape of the tree from whose resin it emerged.[3]

Amber is a common ornament for the people of Colți, who wear amber pieces as good luck charms.

The Aluniș cave-church

6 km away from the commune's center lies the village of Aluniș, where medieval cave settlements can be found. A cave-church was dug in stone in 1274, by local shepherds, and served as a monastery until 1871. Since then, it has served as the village Eastern Orthodox church.

Notes
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Web page about the amber museum".
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