Global Network of National Geoparks

Buzău Land UNESCO Global Geopark

Buzău Land is a hilly and mountainous territory covering 1036 km2 , located in the Carpathian Bend Area, in Romania (central coordinate: 45.426060°N, 26.614945°E). It is a completely rural and archaic territory, where ~45,000 people live in 18 mayoralties. There are a total of 169 villages and hamlets, most of them grouped in depressions or strung along valleys, while others are scatt...

HAŢEG UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK

Celebrating Earth HeritageThe Haţeg UNESCO Global Geopark is located in the central part of Romania, in Southern Transylvania near the main routes to Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria. The relief has an amphitheater shape with a central piedmont plain, with terraces and meadows surrounded by the picturesque mountain chains of: Retezat, Sureamu, Tarcu, Poiana Rusca.Its vegetation ranges from alpine shru...