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Bear Lake

First mentioned in a 1597 document but recorded as a resort in 1850, Sovata is located at an altitute of 1,600 ft. in the forested region of Transylvania, Romania. Sovata features the heliothermal and salty Ursu (Bear) lake – unique in Europe, located in a depression of a salt mountain. The place where the lake is now was originally a pasture. The mineral waters here are highly prescribed in gynecological and sterility afflictions, rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases. Sovata has other salty lakes, such as Alunis, Black, Red and Green Lakes.

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Uploaded on April 16, 2015
Taken on June 23, 2014