District de Bor

Attractions principales du district de Bor

Bor District Highlights

Bor District encompasses the Iron Gates, the Danube's narrowest and deepest gorge. This region features the prehistoric archaeological site of Lepenski Vir and Roman engineering remains like Diana Fortress and Trajan's Plaque. Modern landmarks include the Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station and the colossal rock sculpture of Decebalus. The landscape is defined by the Great Cauldron's limestone cliffs, the Ponicova Cave system, and riverside spiritual sites such as Mraconia and Bukovo monasteries.

Bor District Highlights — Carte

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Visitors center Lepenski Vir

Lepenski Vir, located in Serbia, is an important archaeological site of the Lepenski Vir culture.

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Rock sculpture of Decebalus

The rock sculpture of Decebalus is a colossal carving of the face of Decebalus, the last king of Dacia, who fought against the Roman…

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Iron Gate I

The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe.

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Diana Fortress

The Diana Fortress is a Roman castrum built in 100-101 AD, located in Kladovo, in eastern Serbia.

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Bukovo monastery

The Bukovo Monastery is a late 13th- or early 14th century Serbian Orthodox monastery on the slopes of Bratujevac in Negotin, Serbia,…

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Trajan's Plaque

Trajan's Bridge, also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was a Roman segmental arch bridge, the first bridge to be built over…

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Ponicova Cave

The largest cave in the Danube Gorge, featuring 1,660 meters of galleries that tunnel through the Ciucaru Mare massif and open directly onto the river.

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Mănăstirea Mraconia

An Orthodox monastery on the Romanian bank of the Danube. The current structure was rebuilt near the site of an original 15th-century monastery that was submerged during the construction of the Iron Gate I dam.

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Great cauldron

The narrowest and deepest section of the Danube Gorge, where the river is compressed between 200-meter-high limestone cliffs. It is a central feature of the Iron Gates Natural Park.