Clăbucetul Taurului ("the bull's cap") is a mountain in Romania, part of

Baiu Mountains The Baiu Mountains ( ro, Munții/Muntele Baiu/Baiul/Baiului/Munții Gârbova, hu, Baj-hegység) are mountains in central Romania, a few kilometers south of Brașov. Within traditional Romanian classification the Baiu Mountains belong to the ...

in the

Southern Carpathians The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the P ...

. The highest peak is high. Located on the border of

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

and Prahova counties, it is in the vicinity of

Predeal Predeal (; hu, Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley at an elevation of over . The town administers three villages: ...

, and features rich pastures. In 1844, the mountain was purchased by

Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea Alecu Filipescu-Vulpea, also known as Aleco Filipescul, Alecsandru R. Filipescu or Alexandru Răducanu Filipescu (1775 – November 1856), was a Wallachian administrator and high-ranking boyar, who played an important part in the politics of the l ...

. Pursuant to a deed issued by

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

Gheorghe Bibescu Gheorghe Bibescu (;April 26th 1804 – 1 June 1873) was a ''hospodar'' (Prince) of Wallachia between 1843 and 1848. His rule coincided with the revolutionary tide that culminated in the 1848 Wallachian revolution. Early political career Born in ...

Filipescu granted it to

Predeal Monastery Predeal (; hu, Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley at an elevation of over . The town administers three villages: ...

later that year. It remained with the monastery until the 1863

secularization of monastic estates in Romania The law on the secularization of monastic estates in Romania was proposed in December 1863 by ''Domnitor'' Alexandru Ioan Cuza and approved by the Parliament of Romania. By its terms, the Romanian United Principalities (as the state was then known ...

. Near the end of the 19th century, it passed to the crown domains, established in 1884.Brătescu ''et al.'', pp. 128–129

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References

*Paulina Brătescu, Ion Moruzi, C. Alessandrescu (eds.), ''Dicționar geografic al județului Prahova''. Târgoviște: Tipografia și Legătoria de Cărți Viitorul, Elie Angelescu, 1897. {{coord, 45.4621, 25.5889, format=dms, type:mountain_region:RO, display=title Mountains of Romania Geography of Prahova County Geography of Brașov County Mountains of the Southern Carpathians