Scornicești

History

Scornicești was the birthplace of communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, who lived there until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest to become a shoemaker. During his dictatorship, Ceaușescu wanted to make Scornicești a "model town" to house the newly created "Socialist Man". Consequently, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the town's status from "village" to "city" (however, the bulldozers did not destroy Ceaușescu's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions - [http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=44.6100464&lon=24.5305717&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=8 see on WikiMapia]). Ceaușescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 18,000 spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt, which, with the help of the Ceaușescus, was promoted to Divizia A. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship. The Scornicești Solar Park power system of solar panels is located in the town.

Most-observed species

• Ceratopogon punctatus Meigen, 1804

  Ceratopogon punctatus Meigen, 1804 · Insecta
  27
• Walnut Blister Mite

  Aceria erinea (Nalepa, 1891) · Arachnida
  22
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  20
• Locust Digitate Leafminer

  Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863 · Insecta
  18
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  17
• Ragweed

  Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
  16
• Pygmy cormorant

  Microcarbo pygmaeus (Pallas, 1773) · Aves
  15
• Stable Fly

  Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  15

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2015-12-29
  7 km WNW of Brezoi, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2014-06-24
  4 km NNW of Corabia, Romania
• M 4.5 — 2012-01-01
  4 km W of Albeni, Romania
• M 2.8 — 2008-03-30
  4 km SSE of Corbi, Romania
• M 3.1 — 2008-01-26
  0 km SSW of Colacu, Romania
• M 3.2 — 2008-01-11
  3 km SE of ?elaru, Romania