Ocnele Mari is located on a salt mountain with a thickness of approximately 600 m.
The history of this settlement is strongly related to the exploitation of salt, which is the main economic activity in Ocnele Mari. This rich deposit has attracted ancient civilizations in the area, political and social activities dating back over 2000 years. An important archaeological discovery is the Buridava Roman camp, a powerful economic, political, military and religious center of the Dacians. The Buridava camp remained just a trail of a building. It is located in the town of Stolniceni.
Ocnele Mari was documented as a city in 1402, the systematic exploitation of jumping began in the nineteenth century. Initially, the "broomsters" helped exploit bounce, rotating the boulders in the wings with their backs. Later, the criminals were condemned to heavy labor to bounce, building in 1837 and the first prison on the ward.
The first salt mine was opened in 1836, underground space released by salt mining. The Ocnele Mari Salt was recently renovated to reach its current version, which offers visitors numerous leisure facilities and leisure options from basketball / voley / tennis courts to playgrounds.
Most tourists visit us for the therapeutic benefits of the saline, which, through saline aerosols, presents the remedy for multiple conditions:- Bronchial asthma (infectious, allergic, extrinsic, intrinsic, mixed)
- Respiratory infections (angina, pharyngitis, tracheo-bronchitis, pneumonia, rhinodeaudi)
- Bronchitis asthmaform
- Bronchiectasis (without hemoptysis)
- pneumoconiosis
- Chronic tracheobronchitis
- Chronic rhinitis
- Maxillary / Chronic Sinusitis
- byssinosis
- Silicosis gr I and gr II
- Pharyngeal polyposis
- Chronic tonsillitis
- Restrictive respiratory insufficiency
- Pulmonary emphysema
- Various types of allergies
- Neurotic
- Chronic fatigue
It has a very high salt concentration, so that every man floats easily without swimming. It is also called the bottomless lake because no one can ever reach the end of the basin. The source of salt water comes from an underground spring and is used as a treatment for multiple conditions (rheumatism, bone disorders, ...).
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