Ponoarele is a commune located in

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of fifteen villages: Băluța, Bârâiacu, Brânzeni, Buicani, Ceptureni, Cracu Muntelui, Delureni, Gărdăneasa, Gheorghești, Ludu, Ponoarele, Proitești, Răiculești, Șipotu, and Valea Ursului. The commune has many natural monuments, including ''Podul lui Dumnezeu'' (God's Bridge), ''Peștera Bulba'' (Bulba Cave), ''Câmpul de Lapiezuri'', ''Lacul Zaton'' (Zaton Lake), ''Peștera Ponoarele'' (Ponoarele Cave), ''Valea Morilor'' (Valley of the Mills), and ''Pădurea de liliac'' (Lilac forest).

Local holidays

* Sărbătoarea liliacului Ponoarele * Festivalul național "Ponoare, Ponoare"

References

{{Mehedinți County Communes in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia