Located on Prahova Valley (which makes its way between the Bucegi and the Baiu Mountains, in the Carpathian Mountains), in a pass between Wallachia and Transylvania, Predeal is the town situated at the highest altitude in Romania (1030-1110 m). The settlement was founded in 1864 around the customs between Wallachia and Transylvania. In 1879 was opened the railway Ploiești-Brașov, which link Romania and Austro-Hungarian Empire, and at Predeal was the jonction point.
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