national park
Retezat National Park
Romania's oldest national park with over 80 glacial lakes, ancient forests, and some of the wildest mountain scenery in the Carpathians.
19 km · about 20 min drive
Hunedoara County, Romania · Europe
Sălaşu de Sus is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Bucium-Orlea, 19km from Retezat National Park.
Sălaşu de Sus is a town located in Hunedoara County, Romania. With a population of 2,748, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Sălaşu de Sus sits in Romania, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Bucharest time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Sălaşu de Sus to your route.
Sălașu de Sus (Hungarian: Felsőszálláspatak, German: Ober-Bachdorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Coroiești (Korojesd), Mălăiești (Malajesd), Nucșoara (Nuksora), Ohaba de sub Piatră (Kőaljaohába), Paroș (Parospestere), Peștera (Pestere), Râu Alb (Fehérvíz),Read more
Râu Mic (Vajdej), Sălașu de Jos (Alsószálláspatak), Sălașu de Sus, and Zăvoi (Macesd).
The commune lies at the foot of the Retezat Mountains, on the banks of the river Strei and several of its tributaries: the Paroș, Râul Alb, Sălaș, and Sibișel rivers. Two thirds of the commune's 223.05 ha (551.2 acres) area is used for agriculture.
Sălașu de Sus is located in the southern part of Hunedoara County, 70 km (43 mi) south of the county seat, Deva. It is situated in the historical and ethnographical area known as Țara Hațegului, 13 km (8.1 mi) south of its hub, the town of Hațeg. The commune is crossed by national road DN66, part of European route E79. The Ohaba de sub Piatră halt serves the CFR Simeria–Petroșani–Târgu Jiu–Filiași railway line 202.
The Mălăiești Fortress dates from the beginning of the 14th century; completed around 1588, it was abandoned in the 17th century. It features a dungeon and stone ring enclosure, to which four polygonal towers were later added. The Cândreș knyazes' court and the Nemesh Church (both in Sălașu de Sus village) were built in the 15th and 16th century, respectively. The Church of the Ascension in Nucșoara dates from the 18th century; the interior painting was done in 1779 by Simion Zugravul.
A massive coal preparation plant was built in Coroiești in the early 1960s, with a projected capacity of washing 750 tonnes of coal per hour. Once described as the "pearl" of the mining industry of Romania, the plant was modernized in 2004 at a cost of $150 million, but it was closed in 2015.
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Sălaşu de Sus is located in Hunedoara County, Romania, Europe. The coordinates are 45.5167 latitude, 22.9500 longitude.
Sălaşu de Sus has a population of approximately 2,748 people, making it a town in Romania.
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national park
Romania's oldest national park with over 80 glacial lakes, ancient forests, and some of the wildest mountain scenery in the Carpathians.
19 km · about 20 min drive
castle
One of the largest and most impressive Gothic-Renaissance castles in Europe, perched above a river in Hunedoara, Romania.
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UNESCO-listed capital of the Dacian kingdom in the Orastie mountains, with a circular stone sanctuary and paved sacred road.
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