Jiu Valley
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The Jiu Valley is a region in southwestern Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity was coal mining, but due to low efficiency, most of the mines were closed down in the years following the collapse of Communism in Romania.
This is the place where the massive post-1989 miners' revolts (the Mineriads) started, led by Miron Cozma, who marched down to Bucharest and instigated violence.
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