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Urban Geoheritage. The Secular Wells of Craiova, Romania Cover

Urban Geoheritage. The Secular Wells of Craiova, Romania

Open Access
|Mar 2020

Abstract

The aim of this study is to highlight three of the urban geomorphosites of Craiova city, which can be promoted in a specific itinerary for geotourism or integrated, along with other objectives, in different touristic products. The selection of the three sites was made after analysing historical documents, images and maps, which show the landscape transformation, the development of the community and the settlement expansion. For the assessment of the sites, the method created by the University of Rome was used and two stages were performed: a) the geomorphological analysis by multitemporal and multidisciplinary approaches and b) the geomorphoheritage characterisation by calculating the VSGh index (Value of a Site for Geotourism index) based on the presence of five attributes. One of the three sites, The Valley of the 7 Wells, is nowadays an invisible geomorphosite with an important geotouristic and educational potential.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 32
Submitted on: Apr 15, 2019
Published on: Mar 31, 2020
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2020 Claudia-Daniela Albă, Sandu Boengiu, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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