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The Sphinx (Romanian: Sfinxul) is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. It is located at an altitude of 2,216 metres (7,270 ft) within the Babele complex of rock formations. The first photo of the Great Bucegi Sphinx was probably taken in about the year 1900. This photograph was taken ...
Babele The Sphinx. Babele (meaning The old women) is the name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania, within the Southern Carpathians. [1] Babele is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. The name comes from some mushroom shaped rock formations, the result of erosion and varying hardness of the rock layers.
[1] To the east, the Bucegi Mountains have a very steep slope towards the popular tourist destinations in the Prahova Valley , such as Bușteni and Sinaia . At a higher elevation is the Bucegi Plateau, where wind and rain have turned the rocks into spectacular figures such as the Sphinx and Babele .
Sfinxul natural rock formation in the Bucegi Mountains. Sfinxul is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the Bucegi Mountains of Romania. This rock formation is named for its resemblance to the Sphinx of Giza, and is located at an altitude of 2,216 metres (7,270 feet) within the Babele complex of rock formations. [36] [37]
The voting consisted of two parts: experts in Romania voted for their seven best sites, and internet users voted for their seven favorite sites on the official website. [1] The internet voting on the 16 possible candidates was opened on July 1, 2008 at the program's web-site. A total of around 60,000 internet users voted in the campaign. [1]
A folk myth associates the 9 days from March 1 to March 9 with the nine coats she's shedding. Her spirit is haunting every year around that time, bringing snowstorms and cold weather before the spring sets in. Women use to pick a day out of these 9 beforehand, and if the day turns out to be fair, they'll be fair in their old days, and if the ...
Romania's major historical sites, known as monumente istorice ("Historic monuments"), are listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania, which was created between 2004 and 2005. As of 2015, 30,148 Heritage sites are entered in the National Cultural Heritage of Romania. [ 1 ]
His nickname was Sfinxul (English: The Sphinx) and was recently declared as Steaua Bucharest's Man of the Century. [4] [5] [6] Alecsandrescu also played football between 1947 and 1962 for Juventus București, Steaua București, CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc and Olimpia București. [1] He was top scorer of Liga I with 18 goals in only 22 games, in ...