Across The Planet » Danube http://www.acrosstheplanet.net Travel blog about interesting locations from across the world Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:16:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Statue of Decebalus http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/statue-of-decebalus/ http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/statue-of-decebalus/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 14:15:47 +0000 Hellas http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/?p=640

Statue of Decebalus is the tallest sculpture in Europe which is carved in rock. 40 meters high statue is located at Danube rocky coast near the town Orşova in Romania. Decebalus was Dacian King who was famous for fighting three wars against Roman empire. He ruled the Dacians from 87 to 106 AD. At the end he killed himself, not allowing Romans to capture him alive.

Sculpture is idea by the Iosif Constantin Drăgan – Romanian historian. Building began in 1994 and finished in 2004. They needed a 12 sculptors and over 1 million dollars to finish it.
Under the Decebal face, carved in the stone is inscription on Lating language “DECEBALUS REX – DRAGAN FECIT” which means “King Decebal – Drăgan Fecit”.

Other coast side of Danube is belonging to the Serbia and right in front of Decebal statue is the Tabula Traiana an ancient memorial plaque which commemorates to the victories of the Roman Empire over the Dacian kingdom in 105 AD.

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Nice fishing tour information and images can be found here

http://www.deltafishing.ro/en/foto.html

Lots of usefull data can be found on this blog

http://danubedelta.blogspot.com

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