The largest salt mine in Europe, the resort County remains one of the most important resorts of Romania. It is located between the Prahova valleys Teleajenului at an altitude of 400 m.
Among its attractions include Baia Baicului, Salt Mountain Salt Union and unique in the world, the famous Grotto. The latter gets its name from a tragic accident and monthly draws dozens of tourists.
Salt Mountain, a natural monument
Salt Mountain was and still is shaped by rains in salt water. Training is not only natural causes. Around the year 1800 there have been six subsequent salt mines collapsed and as a result of natural phenomena (erosion, earthquakes, landslides) were perfect current forms of relief.
Slanic bride story
Salt Mountain include an objective at least as famous. Bride, made around 1915 by the collapse of a salt mine.
The name of this object comes from a tragic accident, spent around cave formation. A young bride then ran the Salt Mountain and jumped into the void, because parents would have forced her to marry a man that loved him not. Young did not survive the impact, and then place the locals called Bride.
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