What is Bucegi Mountains?
[[Image:Bucegi Mountains.jpg|thumb|500px|The Bucegi Mountains in springtime.]] The '''Bucegi Mountains''' ({{lang-ro|Munţii Bucegi}}) are in central [[Romania]] to the south of the city [[Braşov]]. They are part of the [[Southern Carpathians]] group of the [[Carpathian Mountains]] of [[Europe]].<ref>[http://www.muntii-bucegi.ro www.muntii-bucegi.ro]</ref> To the east, the Bucegi Mountains have a very steep slope. This is towards the popular [[tourist]] destination [[Prahova Valley]]. At a higher elevation is the Bucegi Plateau, where wind and rain have turned the [[rock (geology)|rock]]s into brilliant figures such as the [[Sphinx (Romania)|Sphinx]] and ''[[Babele]]''. The Bucegi is thought to be the [[Dacia]]n holy mountain ''Kogainon''. Here, the mythical figure [[Zalmoxis]] resided in a cave.<ref>[http://www.montania.ro/en_Sinaia_S.htm www.montania.ro]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|Geo|Europe}} [[Category:Mountain ranges of the Carpathians]] [[Category:Mountains of Romania]]