Vărbilău

Coordinates: 45°10′41″N 26°57′27″E / 45.178°N 26.9576°E / 45.178; 26.9576

Vărbilău
—  Commune  —
Country	Romania
County	Prahova County
Population (2002)[1]	7,208
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Vărbilău is a commune in Prahova County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Coţofeneşti, Livadea, Podu Ursului, Poiana Vărbilău and Vărbilău.

Villages

• Coţofeneşti

History

A beautiful gold ceremonial helm (5th century BC) was discovered at Poiana-Coţofeneşti in 1929. Additional research was done by I. Andrieşescu, immediately after the finding. The helmet it kept at the National History Museum of Romania (inv 11420).

People

• Gabi Luncă

References

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010

Further reading

• http://www.cimec.ro/Arheologie/Arhiva-Digitala/5Situri/PoianaCotofenesti/PoianaCotofenesti.htm
• http://art-historia.blogspot.com/2010/10/sergiu-decebal-si-coiful-de-aur.html
• http://www2.rgzm.de/Transformation/Romania/Mining/Image01engl.htm

External links

• Poiana-Coţofeneşti in the Digital Archaeological Archive at cIMeC (Romanian)
• Helmet reconstruction (Romanian)
• Helmet image