Rucăr is a commune located in the north-eastern part of Argeș County, Romania, situated in the Carpathian Mountains. The commune is composed of two villages, Rucăr and Sătic, and its population as of 2021 was 5,259. Historically important for its role as a border region between Wallachia and its neighboring countries, it is today popular with tourists from Bran Castle.
Rucăr
Stone cross of "la Roghina" in Rucăr (1614)
Argeș County is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești.
Vidraru Lake and Dam in northern Argeș County
The Argeș County Prefecture building from the interwar period, now the Argeș County museum.
Landscape in central and southern Argeș County
Ruins of the medieval princely court in Curtea de Argeș