Photos began showing up on social media depicting what is left of the cross. Siebring described the incident as a "sad piece of vandalism" in a post on Facebook .

The cross was erected in 1953 in front of the Mountain Sanatorium, which was founded in 1906 to treat people with tuberculosis and other lung diseases. The sanatorium started with two tents and ...

The 16.5 foot cross is considered iconic. It was erected in 1976 – a group effort by 100 people who carried the cross up the mountain in pieces and then welded it together at the summit.

Dozens of hikers were injured when the iron cross on Giewont conducted the lighting (Picture: Getty) The lightning hit tourists who were trekking on the summit of a 1,894-metre (6,214 feet) high ...

Source: Earth’s Future. More than half of the world’s population relies on resources from mountain ecosystems, such as timber and water. Rising like islands above the lowlands, mountain ...