The Caraiman Peak is a mountain peak located in
Romania
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, in the
Bucegi Mountains of the
Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Pr ...
. It has a height of 2,384 m. The nearest town is
Buşteni.
The Heroes' Monument
Close to Caraiman peak lies the
Heroes' Cross, a memorial of
World War I
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. It was erected between 1926 and 1928, and was initiated by Queen
Maria of Romania. The material needed for construction was carried up using a
funicular
A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite e ...
, as well as carts carried by
oxen.
[Bunea, Nica] The monument's height is 29.5 meters and the arms' length is 14 meters. The cross was built at an altitude of 2291 m.
The cross is lit at night using 300 500
W bulbs. Until 1939, the lighting installation was powered by an electric generator located inside the base of the monument and was made up of only 120 bulbs. In 1939, it was connected to the national electrical network.
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Gallery
File:Caraiman.JPG, Heroes' Cross seen from actual Caraiman Peak
File:Crucea de pe caraiman.jpg
File:Cabana Caraiman de la stalp.jpg, Caraiman cabin, situated near the peak
File:Caraiman Cross on Bucegi mountain top.jpg, Heroes' Cross and Bușteni
Bușteni () is a small mountain town in the north of Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi Mountains, that have a maximum altitude of . Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. ...
Notes
References
* Răzvan Bunea, Marius Nica
''Praise to the Lord at over 2200 meters''
Evenimentul Zilei, 4 September 2007, retrieved online at 11 September 2007.
Geography of Prahova County
Mountains of Romania
Mountains of the Southern Carpathians
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