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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 (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.
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.
[1] 2020–2023 COVID-19 pandemic: Pandemic: 68,728 [2] 4 March 1977 Vrancea earthquake: Natural disaster: 1,578 [3] 14 January 1917 Ciurea rail disaster: Train wreck: 600 [4] 10 September 1940 Vrancea earthquake: Natural disaster: 593 [3] 21 April 1689 Brașov fire: Fire: 300 10 September 1989 Sinking of the Mogoșoaia: Ship wreck: 239 [5] May ...
Romania portal; Bulgaria portal; Earth sciences portal; List of earthquakes in 1977; List of earthquakes in Romania; List of earthquakes in Bulgaria; 1940 Vrancea earthquake, affecting Bucharest with a magnitude of 7.4–7.7. The Bulgarian film Sweet and Bitter [27] was aired by TVR 1 and has remained linked to the earthquake in the mind of ...
Mărțișor on a Moldovan stamp. Nowadays a Mărțișor is made from silk strings, almost exclusively red and white. Before the 19th century various other colors were used: black and white in Mehedinți and in Aromanian communities, red only in Vâlcea, Romanați, Argeș, Neamț, and Vaslui, black and red in Brăila, white and blue in Vrancea, or even multiple colours in areas of southern ...
14 September – Constantin Angelescu, Prime Minister of Romania between 30 December 1933 and 3 January 1934 (born 1869). [18] 13 December – Zaharia Bârsan, playwright, poet, and actor (born 1878). [19] 19 December – Ella Negruzzi, lawyer and human rights advocate (born 1876). [20]
The main Eastern Romance language, spoken by around 24 to 28 million people Military flag: The Military Colours of Romania [3] [4] The military colours are the symbol of the military units. The flag is based on the national flag of Romania, with the coat of arms of Romania in the center and the symbols of the Force categories in the corners.