The Caraiman Peak is a mountain peak located in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, in the

Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains ( ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , ''Omu Peak, Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the Bucegi Mountains ha ...

of the

Southern Carpathians The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ; ) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiș and ...

. 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

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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

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, 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.

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 Logging, tree-logs in Ro ...

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 {{Prahova-geo-stub