PITESCI (Pitesti)  , also written PrTEST1 and PITEST, the capital of the department of Argesh, Rumania; situated among the outlying hills of the Carpathians, on the river Argesh, which is here joined by several smaller streams . Pop . (woo), 15,570 . The surrounding uplands produce good wine, fruit and grain, besides being rich in petroleum and salt; and, as the main Walachian railway is met at Pitesci by lines from Campulung and Hermannstadt in Transylvania, the town has a consider-able trade . It has manufactures of lacquer and varnish .