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The sculpture is located near the city of Orșova, in Mehedinți County. It was made between 1994 and 2004, on a rocky outcrop on the river Danube, at the Iron Gates, which form the border between Romania and Serbia. The Dacian king's sculpture is the tallest rock relief in Europe, at 55 m (180 ft) in height and 25 m (82 ft) in width.
Iron Gate I dam Hydropower site Iron Gates (1970) The construction of the joint Romanian-Yugoslavian mega project commenced in 1964. In 1972 the Iron Gate I Dam was opened, followed by Iron Gate II Dam , in 1984, along with two hydroelectric power stations , two sluices and navigation locks for shipping.
Orșova (Romanian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Orsova; German: Orschowa; Serbian: Оршава/Oršava) is a port city on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinți County. It is one of four localities in the Banat historical region situated just above the Iron Gates where the Cerna River meets the Danube. [3] [4]
The Iron Gates Natural Park (Romanian: Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier [3]) is a 115,666-hectare (285,820-acre) natural park located in southwestern Romania.It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate of the Danube River, and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți.
The national park. The main feature and attraction of Đerdap National Park's natural beauty is the Đerdap gorge - the famous Iron Gate - the grandiose gateway through the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains where the longest and biggest river accumulation in former Yugoslavia is located.
The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romanian: Porțile de Fier I, Serbian: Ђердап I /Đerdap I) is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe. It is located on the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia.
Danube Gorge (Weltenburg), near Weltenburg, Bavaria, Germany; Danube Gorge (Beuron), near Beuron, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany; Danube Gorge (Iron Gates), near Orsova, Romania; Various other gorges along the Danube, see Danube
Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin] ⓘ), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats lying on the Danube river.