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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.
The annual average temperature is −1.8 °C (28.8 °F), the hottest month in August is 7.2 °C (45.0 °F), and the coldest month is −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) in February. The annual precipitation is 950.1 millimetres (37.41 in), of which July is the wettest with 140.0 millimetres (5.51 in), while November is the driest with only 49.0 millimetres ...
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 ...
The first flight carrying "high-threat" migrants to Guantanamo Bay arrived Tuesday evening, part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. The C-17 plane took off from El ...
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 ...