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Between November - June Transfagarasan road is closed on section between kilometer 104 (Piscu Negru - Arges county) and 130.8 kilometer (Balea Waterfall - Sibiu county) until 1 July 2016. From Balea Waterfall can be reached to Balea Lac only by cable car.
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Point of departure of ascents on north slope is Depression Fagaras, place to reach by train from Bucharest - Brasov - Fagaras - Sibiu - Arad. National Road 1 is located near the railway Brasov - Sibiu, going through the same locations as the rail in Fagaras - Avrig area.
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We know today that the name Fagaras Mountains derives from Hungarian linguists although opinions are divided, on the one hand there is the word "fogor" - partridge, and on the other hand, more joke more seriously, is under discussion the expression "fa-garas', ie money from wood, which has its origin in the tradition of the eighteenth century when workers received their labor in exchange for some tickets, evidence of wood, which they then exchanged for cash.
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