Balkans
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Prahova

Babele

Babele is the name for an area on the plateau in , within the . Babele is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
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Photo: Treteen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Stone
  • Description: geographical object
  • Also known as: “Babele la Sfat”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Sphinx and Caraiman Peak.

Stone
Photo: Radu Privantu, CC BY 2.0.
is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Natural Park which is in the of . It is located at an altitude of 2,216 metres within the Babele complex of rock formations.

Peak
Photo: Bluecipo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a mountain peak located in , in the of the . It has a height of 2,384 m. The nearest town is Buşteni.

Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Commemorative Cross to the Romanian Heroes of the First World War, also called the Heroes' Cross on Mount Cairaman is a monument built between 1926 and 1928 on at an altitude of 2,291 m located in , in the of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bușteni and Azuga.

Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the in the region of . It is the main "entry point" to Bucegi Mountains, a high and scenic mountain range that attracts many tourists.

Photo: Whitepixels, CC0.
is a town in the , . It is a mountain resort town in the Prahova Valley, flanked by the Bucegi and Baiului mountain ranges.

Photo: Erwan Martin, CC BY 2.0.
is one of 's finest holiday resorts, deep into the Carpathian Mountains. In the late 19th century, King Charles I of Romania chose as his summer residence and built the fabulous Peles Castle, which is today the city's best known landmark.

Babele

Latitude
45.40658° or 45° 24′ 24″ north
Longitude
25.47158° or 25° 28′ 18″ east
Elevation
1,877 metres (6,158 feet)
Open location code
8GQ7CF4C+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2199466732
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7874449
Wiki­data ID
Q797624
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Babele” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Стариците”
  • Catalan: “Babele”
  • Dutch: “Babele”
  • French: “Babele”
  • Georgian: “ბაბელე”
  • German: “Babele”
  • German: “Sfinxul din Bucegi”
  • Polish: “Babele”
  • Polish: “skałka Babele”
  • Romanian: “Babele, Munții Bucegi”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Babele, Munţii Bucegi”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Babele, Munții Bucegi”
  • Russian: “Бабеле”
  • Ukrainian: “Бабеле”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Babele”. Photo: Treteen, CC BY-SA 3.0.