Bucegi one of the most beautiful and most frequented mountains in Romania, with landscapes of rare beauty. Main peak of Bucegi is characterized primarily by its forms strongly contrasting relief: Prahova slope (steep and rocky, with a difference of 500-900 m) and Bucegi plateau (high plateau with altitudes between 1600-2400 m and a slope from north to south).
Bucegi Sphinx, is an anthropomorphic megalith located at 2216 m altitude. Origin of the name Sphinx is due to its resemblance to a human head, specifically the similarities Egyptian Sphinx, its formation is due to wind erosion (wind). Consists of the large block of stone today took shape in a very long time, Sphinx of Bucegi, located on Bucegi measures 8 feet in height and 12 meters in width.
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