RAMNICUVALCEA (Rimnicu Vdlcea)  , or Rymnik, an episcopal city and the capital of the department of Valcea, Rumania; situated at the foot of the Carpathians, on the right bank of the river Olt, and on the railway from Caracal to Hermannstadt in Transylvania . Pop . (1900) 7317 . Three monasteries in the Valcea department, those of Bistritza, Cozia and Horezu, are among the finest in Walachia . Besides wine, fruit, grain and timber, the surrounding uplands yield petroleum and salt . Within a few miles are the thermal springs of Olanestzi and the salt mines of Ocnele Mari . The city is said to be the ancient Castra Traiana, and many traces of old encampments bear evidence of this .