Description:
The „Trovanti's Museum”, located at 8 km from Horezu, declared UNESCO monument, spreads on valleys and hills strange hoodoos, also named „the stones that are growing”, having sizes starting with several millimeters to 6-8 meters.

Trovantii are basically cemented sand in the shape of huge potatoes and they are thought to be some million years old,dating back to the cenozoic era.

Keywords:
bizzare carbonate carpathian cement cementation costesti detritic detritus egg era geologic geology grow highland horezu huge impressive landscape million mineral monument museum natural nature old porosity reserve rock romania sand sendiment shape size spring stone strange structural time trovant trovanti trovants unesco unique various years

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- Nature > Details
- Abstract > Unique
- Nature > Geologic and mineral

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