The Constanța Aquarium is located along the Black Sea in

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

, Romania. The building that hosts the aquarium dates to the early 20th century. It served as a restaurant for the adjacent

Constanța Casino The Constanța Casino ( ro, Cazinoul din Constanța) is a defunct casino, located in Constanța, Romania. It has been designated by the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony as a historic monument. The casino is on the Constanța ...

until the aquarium opened in 1958. For many years Romania’s only aquarium, it holds over 100 species of fish and other aquatic wildlife. These are divided into three sections: marine, freshwater and exotic fish. The aquarium is named after marine biologist

Ioan Borcea Ioan Borcea (January 30, 1879–July 30, 1936) was a Romanian zoologist. Born in Buhoci, Bacău County, he entered secondary school at the National College in Iași before going on to the Costache Negruzzi Boarding High School, from which h ...

.Ionel Maftei, ''Personalități ieșene'', p. 93. Iași: Comitetul de cultură și educație socialistă al județului Iași, 1972

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