Đavolja Varoš The Devil’s Town is a national monument located in Serbia in the Radan Mountains
Đavolja Varoš The Devil’s Town is a national monument located in Serbia in the Radan Mountains where over 200 hoodoos (known locally as pyramids and up to 15 metres high) have been eroded by the wind and rain out of the volcanic tuffs. The volcanism resulted from subduction beneath the Mediterranean as the last gasps of the Tethys Ocean close up as Africa grinds into Europe. The tuffs are capped with a dark andesitic lava flow, whose stronger parts have survived erosion protecting the tuffs below. The legend goes that the hoodoos are created during battles between demons, and mineral springs below have been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity. The wind moving through the structures creates eerie noises further reinforcing the area’s supernatural reputation. Loz Image credit: Dimo Dimovhttp://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1700/http://www.serbia.travel/nature/natural-monuments/djavolja-varos/ -- source link
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