Piatra Craiului Mountains

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Piatra Craiului Mountains
Evening rays over Piatra Craiului Mountains.jpg
height 2238  m
location Romania
Mountains Carpathians
Coordinates 45 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′ 0 ″  N , 25 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E
Piatra Craiului Mountains (Romania)
Piatra Craiului Mountains
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The Piatra Craiului Mountains ( German  Königsteingebirge , Romanian Munții Piatra Craiului , Hungarian Királykő-hegység ) is a mountain range consisting of Jurassic limestone in central Romania , not far from the city of Brașov . It is a sub-mountain range of the Southern Carpathians and is located near the Carpathian Angle on the territories of the Brașov and Argeș counties ; to the west are the Făgăraş and Iezer mountains , to the east the Leaota and Bucegi mountains .

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Munții Piatra Craiului in Romania

The approximately 25 km long ridge runs perpendicular to the main ridge of the Southern Carpathians in a north-south direction. The highest peak is the Vârful La Om (also Piscul Baciului , German: "Hirtenspitze", 2,238 m). Especially to the west, the mountains drop very steeply. The rock favored the formation of a large number of caves and the growth of a considerable variety of plants; there is also a vital population of large carnivores ( wolves , bears ).

The Piatra Craiului Mountains have been protected in the form of a national park on an area of ​​148 km 2 since 1990 . Supported by a World Bank project , a national park administration based in Zărneşti has existed since 1999 . In spring 2007, the construction of a new visitor center started in this place, which was opened in 2016. Entrance to the park costs 5 lei per person (around 1.10 euros) for seven days.

The region is well developed for tourism; there is a dense network of hiking trails and several mountain huts and refuges.

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Web links

Commons : Piatra Craiului Mountains  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Centrul Național de Informare și Promovare Turistică Zărnești accessed on March 22, 2019