The capital of the country is Bucharest and the main cities are Constanta , Timisoara , Iasi , Cluj, Ploiesti , Galati , Pitesti , Sibiu , Craiova .

Romania has a functional market economy and there are plenty of fields in which one can invest, through Greenfield investments as well as by purchasing existing enterprises.

Manpower is qualified and has low costs compared to the manpower of the European Union. The minimum monthly wage on the national economy is of 3.300.000 ROL (the equivalent of 90 Euro).

ARGES COUNTY

The county surface is of 6.286 s. km., representing 2.9% of the total surface of the country. Pitesti municipal town is the county's capital having a population of 173.739 inhabitants.

The county's main localities are: municipal towns: Campulung Muscel (39.111 inhabitants) and Curtea de Arges (33.902 inhabitants); towns: Mioveni (34.114 inhabitants), Costesti (10.933 inhabitants) and Topoloveni (10.547 inhabitants).

The county's relief looks like a gigantic amphitheater which lies from the northern part to the southern part, including all geo-morphological units which can be found in the Carpathian - Danubian area from 2.500 m to 160 m of altitude. Fagarasi Mountains (from the Southern Carpathians ) lie in the northern part, with Moldoveanu Peak (2.543 m), Negoiu Peak (2.535 m) and Vanatoarea lui Buteanu Peak (2.508 m) dominating the area. Leaota Massif, the hills of Platoul Dacic and a part of the Romanian Plain cross the county eastern border. Gavanu-Burdea Plain lies in the eastern part, while Olt and Arges Valleys stretch towards West. The soil and the subsoil are rich in coal, salt, limestone, oil, clay, forests and hay-fields.

From an economic point of view, Arges county occupies the 4 th pace due to its contribution to the Gross Internal Product.

The fields in which one can invest are various, as for example motor vehicles component parts industry, electrotechnics and electronics, IT, wood, transport, tourism or real estate.

Pitesti municipal town is situated 110 km. west from Bucharest , having an excellent connection with the country's capital and with Henri Coanda International Airport (120 km) through A1 Highway .

Pitesti municipal town also represents an important road junction as it is situated on the 4 th PanEuropean Corridor on which we will build the highway which connects the country's capital with Budapest and with the western part of Europe .

Pitesti municipal town is a modern city right in the middle of an economic development process, involving a lot of important investments made by far-reaching multinational companies such as: RENAULT (France) in the field of motor vehicle industry, OMV (Austria) in the petrochemical industry, LISA DRAEXLMAYER (Germany), VALEO (France), JOHNSON CONTROLS (USA), LEAR INTERNATIONAL (USA) in the motor vehicle component parts industry, SEVEN (Italy) in the textile industry, METRO (Germany) in the commerce field, CAMPAGNOLO (Italy) in the composite material elements industry.

In Pitesti we also set up the Industrial Park which represents another opportunity for investing due the fiscal facilities which are granted.

BRIEF HISTORY
Arges area, inhabited since ancient times, facilitated the development of Geto-Dacian settlements which became, as time passed, powerful economic center in the commercial trades between people from the northern and southern part of the Carpathians, as well as between Dacian and Getic people. These settlements represent the origin of the centralized Feudalism in Wallachia .

The Romanian nobles set up their manors in Curtea de Arges and Campulung Muscel, these localities becoming thus powerful commercial and cultural centers in the area. The historical monuments representative for the feudal art are still kept in Arges county, such as The Monastery of Curtea de Arges, the princely palaces of Campulung and Curtea de Arges, Cotmeana Monastery (built by Mircea cel Batran), Poenari Fortress (built during the reign of Vlad Tepes) which is known as Dracula castle, Curtea de Arges Monastery (built by Neagoe Basarab)

Romanian and foreign tourists who visit this county should visit Curtea de Arges, one of the most important medieval sites in Romania . Situated in the central part of Romania near the Carphatians, 150 km far from Bucharest , Curtea de Arges was the first capital of the country in 1330 and it holds art monuments of great value, being a real museum of Romanian history. The princely church, built by Basarab family in the 14 th century is a classic Byzantine church, a monument of Romanian medieval art and architecture. We can find here frescos from different periods, but those which come from the reign of Vladislav the 1 st and Radu the 1 st are the most valuable. Curtea de Arges Monastery, made of Albesti stone, whose founder is Neagoe Basarab (1512 – 1521) is one of the most famous historical monuments in Romania . Its fame is connected to the legend of Master Manole and it is known all over the world.

Only a few kilometres away from Curtea de Arges there is Poenari Fortress, which was a Castle of Vlad Tepes in the Middle Age and is nowadays known as Dracula.

The Transfagarasan, the biggest road construction of this type in Romania makes the connection between Transilvania and Wallachia . It is situated at 2.034 m above the sea level, having a tunnel with a length of 845 m which goes under Negoiu and Moldoveanu Peaks , which