Friday, April 5, 2013

Sphinx in Romania

Sphinx Romania is one of the most interesting tourist destination in Romania which is 10 minutes walk from Babele. It is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Mountains in Romania.
It has an altitude of 2, 216 meters of 7 , 270 feet. 1900 is the years where the first photo of the Great Bucegi Sfinx. The photo was taken from a front position not from the lateral one as it appears in usual pictures nowadays. The image of the sphinx appeared when the rock having an 8 meters height and a 12 meters width was watched from certain angle. Its human appearance is associated with an expression of sovereignty and power, and this is evidenced by the proportionate severe lip and chin voluntary. Pelasgians were previously Greeks, their tribes were scattered mostly in the Aegean Sea. Many historians go so far as to say that the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, is a copy of the Bucegi Platform. This is based on some similarities that are more or less random like that Sphinx of Bucegi is as tall as the Egyptian of Giza.

Danube Delta

Danube Delta or also known as Delta Dunarii is the second largest river delta in the whole Europe after the Volga Delta.
It is one of the best preserved nature in the continent. In Tulcea which is part of Romania is where the greater part of Danube Delta lies.  Surface is approximately 4152 square kilometer of which 3446 square kilometers are in Romania. Razim Sinoe is included with 1015 square kilometers of which 864 square kilometers is water surface. The modern Danube Delta is began forming after 4, 000 BC in a gulf of the Black Sea after the sea rose to its normal level. A sandy barrier blocked the Danube gulf where the river initially built its delta.

Bears Cave ( Peștera Urșilor )

Bears Cave  or also known as Peștera Urșilor in Romanian language was found 1975 by Speodeva who is an amateur speleologist group.
It is considered a wonderful spots in Romnia. The cave is can be found in Western Apuseni Mountains on the outskirts of Chiscau Village in Bihor Romania. The study said that the cave was only used for hibernation based on the fossils found inside that cave. Johann Friederich Esper who wrote the book Newly Discovered Zoolites of Unknown Four Footed Animals that Cave Bear skeletons were first described in 1774.

Berca Mud Volcanoes

Berca Mud Volcanoes are a geological and botanical reservation that can be found in Berca Buzau Romania.
It is the most wonderful kind of mud volcanoes which is small volcano-shaped structures with few metres high caused by the eruption of mud and natural gases. The mud volcanoes are creating a unusual lunar landscape from th absence of vegetation around the cones. Vegetation is scarce because the soil is very salty , an environmental condition in which few plants can survive. When the gases erupt from 3000 metres deep towards the surface hey push up underground salty water and mud and it overflow through the mouths of the volcanoes while the gas emerges as bubbles.

Porolissum

Porolissum was an ancient Roman city in Dacia which is 8 km away from the modern city of Zalau, in Jac village , Creaca Salaj Romania.
It was constructed as a military camp in 106 during Trajan's Dacian Wars and it became the capital of the province Dacia Porolissensis in 124. At the beginning of hi second war against the Dcaian in 106 , Emperor Trajan constructed a military stronghold at the site to defend the main passageway through the Carpathian mountains. The fort, initially built of wood on Stone foundation was garrisoned with 5000 auxiliary troops transferred from Spain , Gaul and Britain. In the 19th century, limited archaeological work at Porolissum had began but it was not until 1977 when Romanian archaeologists began larger-scale, systematic excavation.

God's Bridge in Romania

In Mehendinti in south west part of Romania , the tourist attraction which they called, "God's Bridge " is can be found.
It is the world's three  largest natural bridge  located in the Ponoarele community. The natural bridge is 60 meters long , 13 meters wide and stone features arch 4 meters thick , 22 meters high and with a 9 meters span. It is made from marvel. There is an ancient legend to explain the appearnce of the bridge in this womderful area blessed with 20 hectares of wild lilac  bushes ,karst lakes Zatonul Mare which is the largest of this type in Romania. Also Zatonul Mic and the famous karst rill grounds Afrodita and Cleapatra which are all natural monument in all map of Europe.

Băile Herculane

Băile Herculane is located in Banat Caras- Severin Romania. It is serve as spa town with a long history of human habitation.
The area was discovered to show inhabited since Paleolithic era. The legend says that the popular Hercules stopped to the valley to bathe and rest. The Cave of the Thieves also known as Pestera Hotilor containes multiple levels , including one from the Mousterian period, one from the Mesolithic period and several from the later Neolithic periods. As years passed by , the spa town became most visited for natural healing properties , hot springs with sulfur , chlorine , sodium , calcium , magnesium and other minerals , also the negatively ionized air. Today, the Băile Herculane is still open for tourist and can be visited anytime.