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Cycling LOWER DANUBE around Serbia GolubaC The Danube Despite not being the longest river in Europe, the Danube is certainly the most important one. It crosses the continent from north-west to south-east, connecting the North and the Black Seas through its elaborate system of canals. Four European capital cities are situated on the banks of the Danube – old cities which prevented invasions of conquerors with countless bridges connecting the widely separated riverbanks. This is the most important European traffic artery commonly crossed by cruise ships. Strangely enough, it was down the Danube that the Pannonian Sea flowed away. The most beautiful part of the river can be seen at the exact same place where the sea and the river broke through the Carpathian mountain walls. The winding Đerdap Gorge, which is around a hundred kilometres long, reveals the long and strenuous process of erosion of rocks by the water, commemorating the times when the water won and when it withdrew in search of an easier path. The gorge was a safe haven for all civilisations which had the chance to settle there at one time or another. The most beautiful navigable part of the Danube starts at the old Ram Fortress. From Ram, the river takes a bend to the south and then rapidly widens. Veliko Gradište is a borderline harbour and this is where the Danube narrows down a little. A large branch is separated from the river and transformed into the Silver Lake (Srebrno jezero) – a famous picnic ground with modern accommodation and facilities. Near Golubac the river yet again strives to become the sea widening by several kilometres. The old town of Golubac was founded on barely accessible rocks, next to the river itself. On the other side of the river there is a similar fort of somewhat smaller dimensions. The river is cut in the middle by the sharp Babakaj rock. This is the beginning of the most amazing river gorges of Europe and the Đerdap National Park. At the very entrance to the gorge you can see the old town of Golubac and the Babakaj rock. Rumour has it that in the past some Turks kidnapped a girl named Golubana and took her to a harem. The girl could not bear to accept the fact that she was to become a harem beauty, so the Turks tied her to the Babakaj rock. This is where she eventually drowned and the town on the steep riverbank was named Golubac. Today there the old fortress is planned to be refurbished and the road which goes through the fort is to be relocated. Village tourism is developed in the surrounding villages, especially in Vinci, which is a weekend village and picnic grounds frequented by the residents of Golubac. The village is located on the Danube and there is a wide variety of recreational sports you can take part in, including water sports.
6 | 7 Donji Milanovac The Đerdap Gorge (also known as the Iron Gates) includes four gorges and three valleys. It starts with the Upper Gorge, which is followed by Gospođinski Vir, Veliki and Mali Kazan and the Sip Canal. In between the gorges there are spacious valleys – Ljupkovska, Donjomilanovačka and Oršavska. The Danube is up to two kilometres wide in Donji Milanovac, and in Mali Kazan it narrows down to 150 metres. In addition, it can be up to 90 meters deep. The Đerdap Gorge can be studied as a true textbook on the history of the Earth and humans. On the rocky banks of the Boljetinska River, you can see the development of the morphology of this part of Serbia, just like in a book. In the surrounding areas there are a lot of caves, and Rajko’s Cave near Majdanpek is the most important one. With the construction of the dam, many places on both Serbian and Romanian coasts were flooded. The old town of Poreč on the Poreč River was often flooded, so it was moved to the coast and named Donji Milanovac. When the dam was built, it was flooded yet again, and rebuilt on an elevation above the river for the third time. Today it is a tourism centre of the whole region with its hotel “Lepenski vir”. There is also private accommodation in Kapetan Mišin Breg and other hills above the Danube. Kladovo In Mali Kazan the Danube narrows down to only 150 metres. Above this rough narrow part of the river, Roman Emperor Trajan placed a plaque to commemorate the presence of his legions in this part of the world. Because of the rapid waters and a large number of rocks, the Sip Canal was for a long time a barely passable barrier for ships. During the 70’s of the 20th century, the “Iron Gate 1” Hydroelectric Power Station dam was built the at the exit from the gorge. Next to the dam there are the remains of Trajan’s Bridge and the Roman town of Diana. Both the beginning and the end of the gorge are marked with fortresses. Near Kladovo there are the remains of the Fetislam Fortress, which used to be very strong in the past. It was first built there by Trajan, then Justinian, and in the 12th century the fortification Novi Grad was built and later destroyed by the Hungarians. The Ottomans later built a strong fortress there, and it has been very well preserved to this day. www.serbia.travel
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