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“The Devil’s Rock”, Hida
On the Almaş Valley, in the Eastern part of the county, we
also find important tourist attractions such as Strâmba Monas-
tery, one of the Transylvanian Orthodox monasteries dating back
to 1470 or the ruins of the Almaş Fortress, built between 1247 Almaş Fortress, Almașu
- 1278, one of the oldest and most powerful medieval natural flora and landscape reserve of national interest,
fortresses in Transylvania. The Hida locality on Almaş located about 2 km West of the Racîş village, having an
Valley houses the Nature Reserve “Daffodils clear- 9 intriguing stone formation called “The Devil’s Rock”
ing”, which has a surface of 1.5 ha and is a mixed where of the legend says it was brought by a devil who
wanted to take his revenge on the village people. He
Strâmba Monastery, Păduriș dropped the huge boulder and fled, scared of the cock’s
morning song, unable to fulfill his plans. This can be seen on
the road to Hida.
Nature Reserve “Daffodils clearing”, Hida
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