{"id":4468,"date":"2022-04-26T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pensiunea.dacica.ro\/rezervatii-naturale\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T13:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T13:58:50","slug":"natural-reserves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pensiunea.dacica.ro\/en\/surroundings\/natural-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” bg_color=”#f4f4f4″ scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”Natural reserves” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23375c00″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679229611875{padding-top: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”70″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” class=”reverse-on-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Natural Park Gr\u0103di\u0219tea Muncelului-Cioclovina” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679229632698{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679229655430{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]\n

The Natural Park Gr\u0103di\u0219tea Muncelului – Cioclovina has been declared\u00a0a protected area of national interest in 2000\u00a0and it is located in the \u0218ureanu Mountains, covering a surface of 38184 ha. Since 2007 it has been protected both as a proposal of\u00a0site of community importance, and as\u00a0area of special bird fauna protection for the European ecological network\u00a0Natura 2000, in view of preserving the natural habitats and the species of plants and wild animals of community interest. The aim of establishing the natural park is the protection and conservation of some habitats and important natural species in terms of flora, fauna, forestry, hydrology, geology, speleology, paleontology or pedology. The natural park includes within its boundaries six of the most spectacular natural reserves of Hunedoara County: The karstic complex of Ponor\u00e2ci-Cioclovina,\u00a0Tecuri Cave,\u00a0\u0218ura Mare Cave ,\u00a0 Crivadia Gorges,\u00a0The Fossil Site Ohaba-Ponor,\u00a0Bolii Cave. At the same time, here are the archeological sites included in the Patrimony of \u00a0UNESCO\u00a0from\u00a0Sarmizegetusa Regia,\u00a0Coste\u0219ti,\u00a0Blidaru, Luncani-Piatra Ro\u0219ie\u00a0to the authentic ethnographic sites \u00a0of the Luncani Flat. (www.gradiste.ro<\/a>).<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding extra-margine-mobile” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1291,1292,1293,1294,1295,1296,1297,1298,1299″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1300,1301,1302″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”Fund\u0103tura Ponorului” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1654525521796{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679230008032{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]\n

Dubbed “God’s Palm,” Fund\u0103tura Ponorului is a depression located at an altitude of 900 meters, surrounded by tall rocks and crossed by the winding valley of the Ponor River, which cuts the plateau in half before entering the rock. There are only a few summer homes of locals from nearby villages left here, who bring their sheep and cows to graze in the valley. In recent years, Fund\u0103tura Ponorului has become one of the most photographed places in Romania, a destination sought after by all landscape photographers. Access to Fund\u0103tura Ponorului is through the thematic route “Karst Relief in the \u015eureanu Mountains” (www.gradiste.ro\/trasee<\/a>), from the village of Federi, but it can also be reached from the opposite direction, from the village of Cioclovina.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” class=”reverse-on-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”Poiana Omului” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1654016237888{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679231006854{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]Located southeast of Piatra Ro\u0219ie, Poiana Omului was in ancient times a veritable “node” of communication for the area of fortresses in the Or\u0103\u0219tiei Mountains. It is a very large clearing, surrounded by beech, oak, and fir forests, with an area of approximately 93 ha, a watershed, and former place of village festivals. Since ancient times, the place located on the edge of the Luncanilor Plateau has been a crossroads of local roads, where shepherds met while traversing this land with their flocks, migrating for tens of kilometers through the Retezat and \u0218ureanu mountains. Horses left to graze freely can often be found near the shepherd’s hut in the glade. On the surrounding peaks of Meleia, T\u00e2mpu, and Rudele, archaeologists have identified the remains of Dacian settlements, which some have presumed to have been used as stables rather than permanent settlements. The glade is crossed by an earthen defensive wall, with a double trench of about 6 m width. Local legends say that it was here that Dacian king Decebal took his own life rather than become a prisoner of the Romans. Recently, Poiana Omului has become a point of reference on the cultural route “Via Transilvanica<\/strong><\/a>“.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding extra-margine-mobile” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1303,1304,1305,1306,1307,1308″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1309,1311,1312,1313,1310″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”\u021a\u00e2fla peak” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679231060944{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679231073957{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]\n

\u021a\u00e2fla peak (854 m) represents the Southern extension of the Ponoriciului hills. At its foot there are several large Dacian terraces, but material traces of Co\u021bofeni culture were also found. On clear days, from the top on can see as far as T\u00e2rsa, this being a good observation point. \u021a\u00e2fla saddle is today, as it was in the past, a passage from Piatra Ro\u0219ie to Cioclovina.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” class=”reverse-on-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”V\u00e2rtoape Plateau” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679233244056{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679233630282{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]Located in the Gr\u0103di\u0219tea Muncelului-Cioclovina Natural Park, the plateau unfolds on a hilltop surrounded by forests, on which there are many sinkholes, known as “v\u00e2rtoapele,” that give the place its name. Starting in mid-March, as the snow melts away, the 10-hectare plateau gets covered with millions of snowdrops (Leucojum vernum), a protected species with white flowers, with jagged petal edges bordered by a thin green line.
\nThe plateau can be reached after a nearly two-hour climb on an unmarked path that starts from the center of the Gr\u0103di\u0219tea de Munte village, or by following the “Biodiversity of the \u015eureanu Mountains” trail that starts from the confluence of the Gr\u0103di\u0219tea valley with Rea Valley (www.gradiste.ro\/trasee<\/a>).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding extra-margine-mobile” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1314,1315,1316,1317,1318,1319,1320,1321,1322,1323″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1324,1325,1326,1327,1328,1329,1330,1331,1332″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”The bison reserve, Ha\u021beg” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679233656482{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679233761657{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]\n

The bison reserve is located in Slivu\u0163 forest, not far from the town of Ha\u021beg, Hunedoara County, and it is one of the few places of Europe where the bison (bison bonasus) lives. This species that used to be dominant in the deciduous forests of mediaeval Europe is almost extinct nowadays. Slivu\u021b forest has an area of almost 40 ha and it represents a natural ecosystem with various kinds of xerothermic oak tree forests of hornbeams, and fir trees, remnants of large areas of former oak forests, which were later deforested. The first bison in the reserve from Ha\u021beg were Podarec and Polonka, brought in 1958 from Poland. At present, there are 8 bison in the reserve. Within the reserve could be seen other representatives of Carpathian wild life, Carpathian deer, fallow deer, chamois, bear, wild boar, deer, pheasants but, later on, they were taken to different zoo gardens from the County or the country or set free, as the bison reserve was not authorized to function as a zoo garden and no other animals besides bison could be kept here.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” class=”reverse-on-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”The dinosaur Geopark” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679233815805{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679233834946{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]The dinosaur Geopark is a natural park including the entire Ha\u021beg county, which protects and turns into account the nature and culture of this space. The Geopark has been declared a protected area of national interest in 2004. Since 2005, it has been accepted in the European Geopark Network and in the Global Network (under UNESCO aegis). Since 2007 it includes a surface of 2.3940 ha, protected under the name of \u201eThe Strei-Ha\u021beg Site\u201d, as NATURA 2000 site, in view of preserving the natural habitats and the species of plants and wild animals of community interest. The Geopark includes elements of particular geological interest, alongside ecological, archeological, historical and cultural interest.The factor that personalizes this territory is represented by the sites with remnants of dinosaurs dating back to the Superior Cretaceous. The dwarf dinosaurs of the Ha\u021beg Depression are unique in the world, their scientific importance and attractiveness being enhanced by the discovery of egg nests and dinosaur embryos, as well as other mammals that were contemporary with the dinosaurs like a flying reptile (Hatzegopteryx), belonging to the\u00a0 pterosaurs group.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding extra-margine-mobile” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1333,1334,1335,1336″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_gallery type=”nectarslider_style” images=”1337,1338,1339,1340″ image_loading=”default” disable_auto_rotate=”true” hide_arrow_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation=”true” bullet_navigation_style=”see_through” onclick=”link_no”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”The volcanoes of Ha\u021beg county” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679233857228{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679233881896{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]The volcano trail is a theme tourist track within the Dinosaur Geopark, of Ha\u021beg county, Hunedoara County. The trail starts from the center of commune\u00a0Densu\u0219, outside the village Hall, continues for 3 km, and then splits in two secondary trails: one going North, across the Densu\u0219 river,\u00a0and another one, going on along the main road to the village of Strei. If one follows the first trail, one can see the contact between the volcanoes and the bottom of the sea. 70 million years ago, there was a tropical island here, surrounded by the water of the Thetis Sea and populated by dwarf dinosaurs. The posters placed along the trail offer more information about the volcanic rocks, their shaping into forms of relief or how the development of vegetation was influenced. In about 30 minutes a panoramic viewpoint is reached; from here, one can see all the villages on the valley and a panorama of the Ha\u021beg county. The path crosses a beech forest where various birds can be watched: woodchucks, gold finches, chaffinches, robins, jays, magpies or stock doves, while on the plateau one can see ravens, falcons or eagles. The second trail continues along the main road towards the village of \u0218tei, and offers a few points of geological observation, with objectives like \u201ethe boiling stones\u201d or \u201cfake\u201d volcanic bombs. The volcanic bombs are fragments of lava detached from the volcanic cone and blown into the air by the explosion. The large dimensions of the volcanic bombs prove that the center of the volcanic explosion was nearby, some 20 km away, but the location of the centre has not been found yet.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][divider line_type=”Full Width Line” line_thickness=”1″ divider_color=”default” custom_height=”1″][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][vc_row_inner column_margin=”default” text_align=”left” class=”reverse-on-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”remove-padding” width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”Retezat National Park” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679233905748{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #375c00 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1679233918888{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_class=”text-with-scroll”]It is a protected area of national and international interest, being recognized as a biosphere reserve since\u00a01979. Retezat National Park lies in the West of the Western Carpathians, covering and area of 38.138\u00a0ha\u00a0of the \u00a0Retezat-Godeanu Massif. The Retezat Mountains are outstanding by their spectacular ridges over 2000 m high and a sculptural relief, as well as for more than 80 glacial lakes, among which, Lake Bucura is the largest glacial lake in the country. 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It also shelters many rare plant species, has a rich fauna (known especially for being the habitat of the horned viper) and is a migration corridor for birds.
\nThe hill’s height of nearly 400 meters offers excellent visibility to the west, east, and south, which explains the traces of human habitation dating back to prehistoric times. Archaeological research has revealed the remains of a Dacian-era fortification and the remnants of houses, from which the fireplaces and traces the wooden structure have been preserved.
\nSince 2014, the reenactment festival “Dac Fest” has been organized on the plateau at the foot of the hill.
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