Pensiunea Retezat - accommodation in Transylvania

The dam and lake Mouth Water

On the Grand River was built a chain of 10 hydroelectric plants.
Mare-Retezat hydropower river has the role as the production of electricity, as well as river regulation, the environmental gains from Mouth Water înconjurator.Barajul built into the mountain, about 40 km from the Hateg, is the largest dam European embankment. Construction of the dam began in 1975.Dimensiunile impressive 168 m high, 225 million cubic meters of water in the lake, the size of the entire dam compete three times those of the pyramid of Keops.Amenajarea continue a chain of lakes and small hydro. Last link completed consists of the lake, dam and hydropower from Santamaria Orlea. Lake reservoir from Orlea ensure water supply to nearly half of the county, the cities Hateg, Calan, Simeria Deva.
Dam is 7 km from the guesthouse Retezat.

Dinosaurs Geopark Sanpetru

Following more than 65 million years Hateg was a tropical island in the middle of the ocean Tethys populated by dinosaurs. Their tracks discovered in Sânpetru and surroundings, is an important geological heritage. "Dwarf dinosaurs" found here are unique in the world. They lived just before the dis-parity total dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous, after been dominating the world over 160 million ani.Exceptionalul fossil deposit was discovered in the early twentieth century by Franz Napcsa (see his life story) and is studied today by many a-entists from Romania and abroad, especially the U.S.. An important role was played by Prof. Dan Grigorescu research from the University of Bucharest. He is the initiator and supporter of an ambitious project of the Dinosaurs Geopark. It will be a protected area and similar organization Naturale.Proiectul Parks was released on February 2 1999.Obiectivele UNESCO's are to protect the "heritage" that is exceptional fossil deposit and stimulate socio-economic development area.

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