Danube - Photo Album

The Danube is considered the queen of Europe's rivers - rich in history, enveloped in an aura of legend and myth.

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe behind the Volga and the only major European river to flow from West to East. It takes its source in the Black Forest Mountains of Germany, and empties after 2850 km (1770 mi) in the Black Sea on the Romanian coast. Along its way, the Danube flows through nine countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine) and drains an area slightly larger than 817,000 km2 (315,000 sq mi) over more than a dozen countries.

Old Banat

Old Banat, Romania - Pictures Album

Old Pictures: Banat, Baile Herculane, Severin, Orsova, Ada Kaleh

Drobeta Turnu Severin

Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinti, Romania - Travel Guide

The European destiny of Drobeta Turnu Severin result direct from his geographic position, this space representing a real bridge between the European Center and Near East, between the Nord of Europe and Mediterranean world. The antic city Drobeta and the modern city Drobeta Turnu Severin kept and keep the Europe and Balkan key. Here it was open the "Iron Gates" for waters and pupils, the antic and the modern Drobeta becoming also the symbol of the admittance of Balkans in Europe and of Europe in Balkans. But first, Drobeta signifies the beginning of the Romanian people, inaugurated by the entrance of Traian Emperor which brought with him the Roman culture, same as, after centuries, also by the entrance of King Carol I here, at Turnu Severin, the West penetrated on the Romanian earth, determining the birth of the modern Romania.