Ribița
A commune in the Metaliferi Mountains, with Crișan's memorial house, old wooden and stone churches and the Ribicioara Gorge.
Ribița is a commune in the north-west of Hunedoara County, in the Metaliferi Mountains, made up of the villages of Ribița (the seat), Crișan, Dumbrava de Jos, Dumbrava de Sus, Ribicioara and Uibărești. It is a mountain-village area north of Brad.
In the village of Crișan (formerly Vaca) stands the memorial house of Gheorghe Crișan, one of the leaders of the 1784–1785 uprising, with his bust. The commune keeps several listed churches: Saint Nicholas Church in Ribița (1417), the wooden churches of Dumbrava de Jos, Dumbrava de Sus (1844) and Ribicioara (1763) and Saint Nicholas Church in Uibărești.
The “Ribicioara and Uibărești Gorges” nature reserve (20 ha) also shelters the Cizmei Cave.
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