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Măcin
Măcin () is a town in Tulcea County, in the Northern Dobruja region of Romania. Location Măcin is located in the north-western part of the Northern Dobruja region, in Tulcea County. The city is located at the intersection of the DN22 ( E87) and DN22D national roads. The DN22 road links it to the Romanian capital, Bucharest (230 km to the West, via Brăila) and to cities of Isaccea and Tulcea (to the East). The DN22D road connects Măcin through a southern route with Tulcea and Constanța. According to the 2011 census, the population numbered 7,666 inhabitants, composed of 91.46% Romanians, 4.8% Roma, 2.92% Turks and 0.37% Russian Lipovans. History The town is located on an ancient Celtic settlement, named ''Arrubium''. It was included in the Getic polities of Rhemaxos and Zyraxes, then conquered by the Roman Empire, which stationed a cavalry unit in this place between 99 and 241 AD. The ruins of the old Roman fortifications can be seen today on the top of "Cetate" Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Măcin Mountains
The Măcin Mountains () is a mountain range in Tulcea County, Romania. Part of the Northern Dobruja Massif, they are located between Danube River to the north and west, Taița River and ''Culmea Niculițelului'' to the east and Casimcea Plateau to the south. Seen from the Danube, they seem only low hills. However, they are a mountainous region. The Măcin Mountains are one of the oldest in Romania, being formed in the second part of the Paleozoic, in the Carboniferous and Permian, during the Hercynian orogeny. The predominant rock is granite. Erosion (caused by the difference of temperature) has created steep slopes, with the aspect of ruins. They are divided in ''Culmea Măcinului'' (the southern part) and ''Culmea Pricopanului'' (the northern part). The highest peak is ''Țuțuiatu'' (also called ''Greci''), which has a height of 467 meters. Other important peaks are ''Priopcea'' Hill (410 m) and ''Muntele lui Iacob'' (Iacob's Mountain – 341 m). Vegetation and avifauna Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulcea County
Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea County had a population of 201,462. The population density was 23.7/km², the lowest among the counties of Romania, due to the inclusion within the area of the lowly-populated Danube estuarial wetlands. * Romanians - 89.13% * Lipovans - 5.41% * Turks - 0.93% * Romani - 1.87% * Greeks - 0.65% In the Danube Delta there is an important community of Russians and Lipovans. In the south of the county there are communities of Turks. The region once was a centre of Islam in Romania. Geography The county has a total area of . The most significant feature of Tulcea County is the Danube Delta, which occupies about 1/3 of the entire surface and is located in the North-East side of the county. The Delta has three main branches: the Sulina bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrubium
Arrubium was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia (today's Măcin, Romania). See also *List of castra Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in various places of Europe, Asia and Africa. The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses. Locations The disposition ... References *Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Ernest: Aspecte ale circulaţiei monetare greceşti în Dobrogea de Nord (sec. VI î.e.n - I e.n), Pontica, IX, Constanţa, 1978, p. 59-87. *Florescu, Radu: Limesul dunărean bizantin în vremea dinastiilor isauriană şi macedoneană, Pontica, XIX, Constanţa, 1986, p. 172. Notes External linksRoman castra from Romania - Google MapsEarth Roman legionary fortresses in Romania {{Dacia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Măcin
The Battle of Măcin, Battle of Maçin, Battle of Matchin or Battle of Matschin was a battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) fought on 9 July 1791 between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire. The Russian army of 30,000 was commanded by Prince Nicholas Repnin, whereas the Turks, numbering about 80,000 men, were led by Koca Yusuf Pasha. Battle At first, the victory was in doubt, but then the Turkish army was vanquished by a charge of the Russian left, under Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ( rus, Князь Михаи́л Илларио́нович Голени́щев-Куту́зов, Knyaz' Mikhaíl Illariónovich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov; german: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kut ..., and started retreating in disorder.Петров А. Н. Вторая турецкая война в царствование императрицы Екатерины II. 1787-1791 гг. Т. II. СПб. 1880. С. 223 Notes References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrubium (castra)
Arrubium was a fort in the Roman province of Moesia (today's Măcin, Romania). See also *List of castra Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in various places of Europe, Asia and Africa. The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses. Locations The disposition ... References *Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Ernest: Aspecte ale circulaţiei monetare greceşti în Dobrogea de Nord (sec. VI î.e.n - I e.n), Pontica, IX, Constanţa, 1978, p. 59-87. *Florescu, Radu: Limesul dunărean bizantin în vremea dinastiilor isauriană şi macedoneană, Pontica, XIX, Constanţa, 1986, p. 172. Notes External linksRoman castra from Romania - Google MapsEarth Roman legionary fortresses in Romania {{Dacia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobrudja
Dobruja or Dobrudja (; bg, Добруджа, Dobrudzha or ''Dobrudža''; ro, Dobrogea, or ; tr, Dobruca) is a historical region in the Balkans that has been divided since the 19th century between the territories of Bulgaria and Romania. It is situated between the lower Danube River and the Black Sea, and includes the Danube Delta, Romanian coast, and the northernmost part of the Bulgarian coast. The territory of Dobruja is made up of Northern Dobruja, which is part of Romania, and Southern Dobruja, which is part of Bulgaria. The territory of the Romanian region Dobrogea is organised as the counties of Constanța and Tulcea, with a combined area of and a population of slightly less than 900,000. Its main cities are Constanța, Tulcea, Medgidia and Mangalia. Dobrogea is represented by dolphins in the coat of arms of Romania. The Bulgarian region Dobrudzha is divided among the administrative regions of Dobrich and Silistra; the following villages of Razgrad Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaccea
Isaccea (; tr, İshakçı) is a small town in Tulcea County, in Northern Dobruja, Romania, on the right bank of the Danube, 35 km north-west of Tulcea. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 4,955. The town has been inhabited for thousands of years, as it is one of the few places in all the Lower Danube that can be easily forded and thus an easy link between the Balkans and the steppes of Southern Ukraine and Russia, north of the Black Sea. The Danube was for a long time the border between the Romans, later Byzantines and the "barbarian" migrating tribes in the north, making Isaccea a border town, conquered and held by dozens of different peoples. Geography The town has under its administration 103.97 km², of which 3.69 km² are inside the residential areas. The town is divided into three settlements: Isaccea proper (4,789 inhabitants) and two villages, Revărsarea (563 inhabitants) and Tichilești (10 inhabitants). The Tulcea – Brăila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Brăila Island
The Great Brăila Island ( ro, Insula Mare a Brăilei) is an island on the Danube river in the Brăila County, Romania. It has on average length and width, with a total area of . The two river branches which separate it from the mainland are and . Adjacent to the west across the Vâlciu branch is the Small Brăila Island (Romanian: Insula Mică a Brăilei, actually a chain of several islands within swampy area), separated from the mainland by Vâlciu and . Currently, —94.6% of the area of island—are occupied by agricultural terrains of which are irrigated and is protected by a dam having a length of . On the island there are two communes, Frecăței and Mărașu, which have about 5,000 inhabitants. In the southwest is the village of ''Mărașu''. There was a series of swamps – ''Brăila Pond'' (Romanian: ''Balta Brăilei''), until the Communist regime drained them and built dams using forced labour of political detainees and transformed it to an agricultural area. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brăila
Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 11th most populous city in Romania. The current mayor of Brăila is . History Origins Before 14th century, a small village existed in the place of today's Brăila, probably inhabited by fishermen and small merchants.Rădvan, p.248 The village fell to the Mongols during the 1241 Mongol invasion of Europe and it was under direct control of the rulers of Argeș in mid-14th century. A settlement called ''Drinago'' was found in several 14th century Catalan and Castillian portolan charts ( Angelino de Dalorto, 1325/1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339), as well as in the ''Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms''. This may have been an erroneous transcription of ''Brillago'', a name which was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E87
European route E 87 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is an important north–south road on the coast of Black Sea, running from Odessa (Ukraine), Tulcea (Romania), Constanţa (Romania), Varna (Bulgaria), Burgas (Bulgaria), Çanakkale (Turkey), İzmir (Turkey) to Antalya (Turkey). 5 April 2002 Route *: () - Mayaky *: *:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiru Haret
Spiru C. Haret (; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the ''n''-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of ''secular perturbations'' in relation to this. As a politician, during his three terms as Minister of Education, Haret ran deep reforms, building the modern Romanian education system. He was made a full member of the Romanian Academy in 1892. He also founded the Bucharest Observatory, appointing as its first director. The crater Haret on the Moon is named after him. Life Haret was born in Iași, Moldavia, to Constantin and Smaranda Haret, who were of Armenian origin. His baptismal record listed his name as Spiridon Haret. He started his studies in Dorohoi Iași, and in 1862 moved to Saint Sava High School in Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inland Port
An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake, or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea. The term "inland port" is also used to refer to a dry port. Examples The United States Army Corps of Engineers publishes biannually a list of such locations and for this purpose states that "inland ports" are ports that are located on rivers and do not handle deep draft ship traffic. The list includes ports such as St. Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and Memphis. A dense network of inland waterways including ports exists also in Europe (France, Germany, Poland, Russia, the United Kingdom and the Benelux countries), as well as in China and Brazil. List of inland waterway ports Africa * : Port of Boma, Boma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River * : Port of Ilebo, Ilebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai River * : Port of Matadi, Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo River * : Port of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
