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The Roman Empire was the greatest ancient empire of Europe. At the height of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East.

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From the end of World War II in 1945 until the Eastern European revolutions of 1989, Europe was divided between two political blocs: east and west. The border was figuratively called the Iron Curtain.

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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)), or Soviet Union, emerged as the successor state to the Russian Empire in 1917, and was dissolved in 1991.

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UnderstandPiatra Craiului National Park, founded in 1938, is one of Romania's national parks. It has a core area of 4879 ha and a buffer zone of 9894 ha.

Get inAccess points are: Zarnesti (easy to reach from Brasov), Dambovicioara, Bran (Inima Reginei, Magura village), Moeciu, Fundata and Sirnea.

Get aroundAll tracks are marked very well with different color codings. In 2011, a lot of signs were renewed.

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SleepHotels, private pensions ("Cazare") and campings can be found anywhere around Piatra Craiului.

Stay safeThere are bears in this national park. Be careful camping lower on the mountains in the wild especially in spring when the bears have cubs.

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Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Piatra Craiului National Park" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Summary from the Wikipedia article "Piatra Craiului Mountains", available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia
Photo: Horia Varlan from Bucharest, Romania, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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