Ada Kaleh (or Island Fortress in Turkish) was a small island on the Romanian side of the Danube River. In 1970, the government evacuated its approximately 600 inhabitants and submerged the island during the construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric plant. The island was approximately 1.7 km long and 500 m wide. Ada Kaleh was situated […]
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Bucharest (Bucuresti), Romania
Oct 8
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Legend has it that Bucharest was founded by a shepherd named Bucur (bucurie; literally ‘joy’) who built a church on the right bank of the Dâmboviţa River. The city, which lies on the Wallachian plains between the Carpathian foothills and the Danube River, was settled by Geto-Dacians as early as 70 BC. By 1459 a […]
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