Ponoarele is a commune located in Mehedinţi County

Mehedinti County

Mehedinţi is a county of Romania. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality and three communes located in the Banat...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

. It is composed of fifteen villages: Băluţa, Bârâiacu, Brânzeni, Buicani, Ceptureni, Cracu Muntelui, Delureni, Gărdăneasa, Gheorgheşti, Ludu, Ponoarele, Proiteşti, Răiculeşti, Şipotu and Valea Ursului.

The commune has many natural monuments, including Podul lui Dumnezeu (God's Bridge), Peştera Bulba (Bulba Cave), Câmpul de Lapiezuri, Lacul Zaton (Zaton Lake), Peştera Ponoarele (Ponoarele Cave), Valea Morilor (Valley of the Mills) and Pădurea de liliac (Lilac forest).
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