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Crâng Park is the largest and most important park in the city of Buzău, Romania.LocationThe park is located on the western outskirts of the city. It has an area of about 100000m2. It represents only a part of a 1.89 square kilometre forest, named the Crâng forest, which is a remainder of the Codrii Vlăsiei. The forest is made up mostly of local broadleaf plants, with rather few gymnosperms, and it is known for its oaks, ash trees, lime trees, birches and maple. The park area is also populated with some foreign species of trees and other plants.FeaturesThe park features an artificial lake, named the Heleşteu lake . The lake was created when the park was built, in order to provide boat rides. Its water is brought in from the Buzău river via a small channel that circles the city. It features three equally-sized islands, one of which is reachable via a bridge, while the other two are reachable only by boat.In 1976, an obelisk was raised in the center of the park, marking 1,600 years since the earliest documentary attestation of Buzău.