City/Town:Bu?teni

Name of the place:Babele

Country:Romania

Province/Département:Dâmbovi?a, Prahova

Region:Sud Muntenia

Natural characteristics:Mushroom shaped rock formations

Location:https://goo.gl/maps/CXF1KwYRNZxeo4G17

Reasons for its inclusion:Related to Baba Dochia mytological figure

Related stories or tales:Dochia was the daughter (or sister) of Decebalus, King of the Dacians. When the Roman Emperor Trajan was conquering part of the Dacian territory, Dochia seeks refuge in the Carpathian Mountains in order to avoid marrying him. She disguises herself as a shepherd and her people as a herd. When she realizes that there is no escape she asks the supreme Dacian god Zamolxes to turn her and her herd into stone,[2] thus becoming Babele

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