Dambau Cave is situated at the highest elevation in Trascău Mountains, located on peak with the same name, in Alba County. It is also known as the Cave-Pit Dambau, The Cave from Hula Dambaului, or The Cave under Corlata. The cave is located in the town of Zlatna, Alba County, in the south-west of Trascău [...]
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The Water Cave from Bulz
Posted by raluca on February 1st, 2011
The Water Cave from Bulz, located on the lower basin of the Valley of Hell, is the water’s strong flow emergence from Slope-Cave Stancuta and the karst depression Ponoare which form one of the most impressive karst systems from Padurea Craiului Mountains. The cave is located on the left side of the Valley of Hell, [...]
Fetii Hole Cave
Posted by raluca on February 1st, 2011
Fetii Hole Cave ( Girl’s Hole)is a small cave located in the municipality of Garda de Sus, Alba County, in the Bihor Mountains. Fetii Hole Cave is located in the left side of Dry Garda Valley, at the bridge over the tributary Ordancusa. You can reach it through the valley of Aries, from Garda de [...]
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No Comments »Pojarul Politei Cave
Posted by raluca on February 1st, 2011
Photo by Cosmin Berghean Pojarul Politei Cave (Policy’s Measles) is one of the most beautiful caves, being regarded as having the most various speleoteme from the Romanian karst. It is a true natural museum, on a relatively small length alternating full range of speleoteme rigorous arranged, as by the hands of a dogmatist curator. Because [...]
Bisericuta Cave
Posted by raluca on February 1st, 2011
Bisericuta Cave is a fossil cave of small size, located in Trascău Mountains, from Apuseni group. The cave is located in the Sfarcea village, Intregalde commune, Alba County, in the central part of Trascău Mountains, in the north-western edge of the Ciumerna plateau, in Galda Stream basin. It is located 15 meters below the Ciumerna [...]
Sebes Municipal Museum
Posted by raluca on January 26th, 2011
Sebes Municipal Museum was founded in 1951 and has in its collections many exhibits relevant to the city’s history and its surroundings. The building which houses the museum is one of the oldest stone building in Sebes. It is dated from the 15th century and has in its composition visible elements of Gothic and Renaissance [...]
Lucian Blaga Memorial House
Posted by raluca on January 26th, 2011
The house where Lucian Blaga – poet, philosopher, playwright, essayist, novelist, translator – was born, has become a “memory house” in the summer of 1995, when it was bought by the Romanian State from the last owner, to be inscribed in cultural heritage and transformed into a national “memorial house.” Here were born all the [...]
The Binder house
Posted by raluca on January 26th, 2011
Located in the very center of Sebes, in an area characterized by large buildings, the house “Franz Binder” has acquired its present aspect in the second half of the 19th century. Franz Binder, a native from Sebes, went into a long Levantine journey that lasted from late 1840 until early 1850. From June 1850 he [...]
Rosia Montana settlement
Posted by raluca on January 21st, 2011
Rosia Montana is a mining locality in the Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, located in Rosia valley and crossed by the Rosia River. Rosia River is rich in minerals, especially iron, which gives it a reddish color, hence the village’s name in Romanian and Hungarian. The reddish color of the water is due to the excessive [...]
The Mining Museum from Rosia Montana
Posted by raluca on January 21st, 2011
The Mining Museum was founded by Rosia Montana Mine Exploitation, under the supervision of chief engineer Aurel Santimbrean. The Mining Museum was created from the desire to enlighten the curious tourists or the specialists on how gold deposits were exploited in the past. The Mining Museum is located near the former exploitation mine. Here you [...]
