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out your transportation options in Dobreta-Turnu Severin in County Mehedinţi, part of
the region of Oltenia in Romania. Find your accommodation options in
either Dobreta-Turnu Severin or Orşova, with fun things to do from eoc-tourism, to
nearby hiking and even skiing.
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Drobeta-Turnu Severin
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Dobretu-Turnu Severin in County Mehedinţi

Drobeta-Turnu Severin (pronunciation: /dro'be.ta 'tur.nu
se.ve'rin/, Hungarian: Szörényvár) is a city in Mehedinţi County,
Oltenia, Romania, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron
Gates.
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Listed below are some local agents who can help you with bookings and organize local tours in the Dobreta-Turnu Severin area.
 +40 (252) 333577 FAX: +40 (252) 333577
+40 (252) 326725 FAX: +40 (252) 326725 +40 (252) 313488 FAX: +40 (252) 320098
+40 (252) 318076 FAX: +40 (252) 318076
+40 (252) 315131 FAX: +40 (252) 315131
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Localities in the
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Listed below are some local hotels, guesthouses (B&Bs) and other accommodation in the Dobreta-Turnu Severin area.
    +40 (788) 029 0143 FAX: +40 (31) 710 7036
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The area code for County Mehedinţi is (2AA) or (3AA)
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Early Drobeta-Turnu Severin History
Drobeta-Turnu Severin Down Town
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The city, which was originally called Drobetae by the Romans, took its
later name of Turnu Severin, or the Northern Tower, from a tower on the
north bank of the Danube built by the Byzantines, which stood on a small
hill surrounded by a deep moat. This was built to commemorate a victory
over the Gauls and Marcomanni by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus
(222-235).
Near Turnu Severin are the remains of the celebrated Trajan's
bridge, the largest in the Empire, built in 103 by the architect
Apollodorus of Damascus. The Danube is about 1,200 metres (4,000 feet)
broad at this spot. The bridge was composed of twenty arches supported by
stone pillars; only two are still visible at low water.
After the retreat of the Roman administration from Dacia, the city was
preserved under Roman occupation as a bridgehead on the north bank of the
Danube (IV-VI centuries). Destroyed by Huns in the Vth century, the city
was rebuilt by Justinian I (527-565). It was in the Middle Ages that the
city changed its name to Turnu Severin and became the political center of
the Banat of Severin (XIII-th century). The city was claimed and possessed
successively by the Kingdom of Hungary and the Wallachian voivodes, and
was seized by the Ottoman Empire in 1524. Once under Ottoman occupation,
the territory's administration moved to the west of Oltenia, and was
centered in Cerneţi.
After the Danube was freed from Ottoman control (as a consequence of
the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829), it was decided to build the present
city, with a rigorous program (1836), and then the harbor (1858). The
building of some industrial factories spurred the redevelopment of the
city.
The city experienced growth on multiple levels (economic, urban and
social), and in 1972 it received the name of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. In
1992, the first documentary mention of the city, 1,870 years earlier, was
commemorated.
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Read More about Drobeta-Turnu Severin at:
The Drobeta-Turnu Severin town hall |
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