Deluşorul Mânzului is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n hill, a natural landmark in

Slănic Slănic () is one of the 12 towns of Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, historically and currently known as a salt extraction center, as well as a spa town, with salt lakes. Two villages, Groșani and Prăjani, are administered by the town. Etym ...

( Prahova), whose name ("the colt's small hill") comes from the fact that it is covered with the plant

horsetail ''Equisetum'' (; horsetail) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. ''Equisetum'' is a "living fossil", the only living genus of the entire subclass Equisetidae, which ...

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Equisetum ''Equisetum'' (; horsetail) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. ''Equisetum'' is a "living fossil", the only living genus of the entire subclass Equisetidae, which ...

arvense''). Deluşorul Mânzului lies to the north-east of Slănic, forty-five minutes from the town centre on the hiking trail to Dealul cu semn (Beacon Hill). The altitude difference between the bed of Slănic creek and the top of Deluşorul Mânzului is approximately 150 metres (450 ft).

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