The Luncanii de Sus monastery was founded in 2001 with the blessing of Î.P.S. Mitropolit icolae, originally as a skete dependant on the Romanesti monastery. The foundation was made by P.S. Vicar bishop Lucian Lugojanu at 12 August 2001. The religious service is officiated in the wooden church. Other construction works took place in 2001 - 2006. It is currently under construction a new administrative body, and the old one is under finishing.

Due to the historical influences occurred along the time in Banat, the monastery settlements with historical resonance are hardly existing as compared with the rest of the country.

Nevertheless, the studied area includes one of the oldest monasteries in Banat and the oldest from Timis County, i.e. “The Izvorul Miron Monastery”.

Poiana Rusca

The agro-touristic area of the Poiana Rusca mountain piedmont is located on the east side of Timis county, at the border with Hunedoara and Caras Severin Counties. The localities belonging to this area are:

Margina, Curtea, Pietroasa, Tomeşti, Nădrag, Fîrdea, Dumbrava, Mănăştur, Traian Vuia, Bîrna, Criciova, Victor Vlad Delamarina, Găvojdia and a city - Făget.

Among the existing caves from the upper basin of Bega River, the Romanesti Cave is the largest and most interesting. It is located on south-east from Romanesti village (Tomesti commune, Timis county), on the left bank, well forested, of Pustinia valley, at 2.2 km upstream of the confluence of this creek with Bega Poieni. More precisely, it is broken in the north bank of Filip Hill, referred to as Dosu Pesterii, at 370 m altitude.