Historical Ruins & Monuments
Explore a dense concentration of history along the Danube’s Iron Gates gorge, where Roman and medieval legacies meet. The list features the 14th-century Golubac Fortress and the remains of the Diana Fortress, a 1st-century Roman castrum. Notable landmarks include the massive rock sculpture of the Dacian king Decebalus and the Tabula Traiana, a 2,000-year-old Roman memorial. It also documents Ada Kaleh, a fortified island submerged during the 1970s dam construction.
A Golubac Fortress
The Golubac Fortress was a medieval fortified town on the south side of the Danube River, 4 km downstream from the modern-day town of…
B Diana Fortress
The Diana Fortress is a Roman castrum built in 100-101 AD, located in Kladovo, in eastern Serbia.
C 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…
D 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…
E Ada Kaleh
Ada Kaleh was a small island on the Danube, located in Romania, that was submerged during the construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric…
F Tabula Trajana
A Roman memorial plaque dating from 100-103 AD, commemorating Emperor Trajan’s military road through the Iron Gates. The monument was raised 50 meters in the 1960s to prevent it from being submerged by the construction of the hydroelectric dam.
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