The Retezat National Park () is a protected area (national park category II IUCN) located in the Retezat Mountains in Hunedoara county, Romania. Description Containing more than sixty peaks over and over hundred crystal clear deep glacier lakes, the Retezat Mountains are some of the most beautiful in the Carpathians. In 1935, the Government of Romania set aside an area of the Retezat Mountains creating the country's first national park. Currently the park has . The area shelters one of Europe's last remaining intact old-growth forest and the continent's largest single area of pristine mixed forest. Vf. Peleaga, the highest peak of the Retezat Mountains, is located in the park. The park also includes about eighty glacier lakes. In 1979, the Man and Biosphere Program of UNESCO included the park in the international network of biosphere reserve. Flora and fauna The flora consists of approximately 1,190 plant species, of which 130 have the "endangered" or "vulnerable" status. Wolves, brown bear, wild boar, Eurasian lynx, European wildcat, chamois, roe deer and red deer as well as small carnivore species such as Eurasian badger and Eurasian otter populate the park. The Gemenele ("The Twins" in Romanian) scientific reserve is a strictly protected area of the park enclosing an intact old-growth forest. See also Seven Natural Wonders of Romania References External links Official site Map of the Park Jiu Valley Portal - the home of the Official Jiu Valley City Websites and a gateway to the Retezat National Park and other destinations in the Transylvanian Alps Maps of the Retezat and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps Touristic Maps of the Retezat Mountains National parks of Romania Biosphere reserves of Romania Geography of Hunedoara County Old-growth forests Protected areas established in 1935 Protected areas of the Carpathians Tourist attractions in Hunedoara County