Becheci Mountain

The Becheci Mountain forms part of the southern range of the Gurghiu Mountains, it lies in the eastern part of Mureş County. It is bounded in the northwest by the Niraj Valley and in the southeast by the Târnava Mică Valley. Its highest point, the Becheci peak, is 1080 m high. On the Becheci peak the ruins of a fortress could still be seen at the beginning of the 20^th century. Near the peak there used to stand a chapel, but this was destroyed in the 18^th century. In its memory, through the joint effort of the surrounding settlements, a new, ecumenical chapel was built; it was consecrated to the Holy Cross in October 2011. Its first pilgrimage was held on 5 May in the following year.

The Becheci was the scene of battles resulting in Hungarian victory in the First World War; in autumn 1916 on the Becheci peak the 9^th defence infantry regiment from Košice stopped the Romanian troops that invaded Transylvania and forced them to withdraw. During the Second World War the comrades erected a monument on the peak of the Körtövés in the memory of the defence soldiers who died a heroic death in the battles from Becheci. Below this place, to the southwest, in the direction of Nyárádselye/Şilea Nirajului, a Hungarian-Bosnian military cemetery and monument surrounded with a board fence, related to the same battle, can be found.    

The one who climbs the Becheci is awarded with a wonderful panorama and can taste the water of the cool spring of the Bökecs. Mosdókő is an interesting attraction; its hollow covered with moss never dries out.