Map - Piatra-Olt (Oraş Piatra-Olt)

Piatra-Olt is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers five villages: Bistrița Nouă, Criva de Jos, Criva de Sus, Enoșești and Piatra. The town is an important railway station and road intersection. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

The oldest relics are from the Neolithic period, when there was a small settlement.

In Antiquity, the local Dacic population built a fortress, Acidava. The Romans conquered the area. The Romans built a road and rebuilt the fortress Acidava. The ruins of the fortress can be seen even today. The area was still inhabited after the retreat of the Roman legios.

From the Middle Ages come the first written documents about the villages that now compose the town.

* Bistrița Nouă is first attested in 1835. The name comes from the Bistrița Monastery. The land where is the village today was the property of the monastery. The village was also called Fleștenoagele or Fleșcinogele.

* Criva, also known as Criva de Jos, was attested on May 26, 1630, as a property of a local boyar, jupan Gorgan biv vel spătar. Part of the village has been known as Criva de Sus since 1940. The ruins of the Dacic fortress, Acidava, are located here.

* Enosești, also known as Ienușești or Ienoșești, was officially formed on March 31, 1864, as an independent commune. The first notices about the village are from 1814. The Roman fortress, Acidava, is located here.

* Piatra is noted for the first time on April 14, 1529, as the place where an important boyar, marele ban Pârvu Craioves-cu died. On May 15, 1592, Ștefan Surdu voievod, ruler over Valahia at that time, confirmed that Piatra and several villages around it were the property of jupânița Neacsa si fiului ei Mihail (local boyars). Part of the village appears through history as Piatra de Jos and Piatra de Sus.

* Some village names were previously mentioned, but are no longer used today, like Flestenoaga (1941), Jegălia (17th century) and Matei Basarab (an official name of Enoșești).

In 1878, the Pitești - Vîrciorova railroad was operational and the Piatra Olt railway station (known at that time as Piatra) was built. This was the beginning of the modern history of the town as a railway town. Later, other railways were built along the Olt river.