Route route is Comana – Prundu – Greek – Caves – Chirnogi – Olteniţa – Ulmeni – Cetatea Veche – Spanţov – Stancea – Chiselet – Monastery – Dorobantu – Vărăşti – Ciocăneşti – Bogata – Rasa – Cuneşti – Grădiştea – Călăraşi

Accommodation in Oltenita.

We leave Comana on DJ411 and cross Comana Natural Park then go out on DJ412 and down the park to Prundu village, where we will enter DN41 and continue on our way to Greaca Village. We continue our way to Balta Magura, formed on the Dobrita River. Here is also the transition from Giurgiu County to Calarasi County. We continue our route to Oltenita, which will be the place where we will stay overnight. We pedal DN41 and pass through Căscioarele on the shore of Cătălui lake and then through Chirnogi commune, where we have about 7 km to Olteniţa. We rest in Oltenita overnight and from the morning we start the last part of the route to Calarasi.

We leave Olteniţa on DN31 and go to the East passing through Ulmeni, Old Fortress, Spanţov, Stancea, Chiselet, Monastery, Dorobanţu, passing through Lake Dorobanţu, then Vărăşti, Ciocăneşti, Bogata, Rasa, crossing Lake Gălăţui, we pass through Rasa and Cuneşti localities, then through Grădiştea and in the direction of Iezer Călăraşi we turn right on DN3, we pass by „La Dinulescu” Lake where practicing sport fishing and we continue on DN3D to Călăraşi, the end point of the route our bicycle.

The Călăraşi Municipal Museum is located in the old headquarters of the City Hall. The building was built for this administrative destination in the years 1886-1887 and therefore, in early January 1888, the institution began its activity in a new building.

From an exhibition point of view, the museum chronologically follows the history of Calarasi localities, starting with the presentation of the archaeological discoveries, mentioning the first documentary references, presenting the moment of the change of status (1833 – the capital of the county) and the moment of liberation (1852), but also the moment when the whole a Romanian people passed through difficult moments (war of independence, World War I and World War II), ending with the Communist period and the contemporary period.

The exhibition space dedicated to the aforementioned is located on the ground floor of the building, in 8 rooms which are technically arranged museum. Upstairs, the building has exhibit activities as well as creative activities.

The museum is listed on the Historical Monuments List.

The church is built of brick, on a strong foundation; has the shape of a 29 m long shop, 10.5 m wide and 21 m high, with two smaller apses, and the altar apse is larger in semicircular shape.

The church portal is rectangular, open and delimited by four round shaped supports. In the nave and in the narthex, the ceiling is straight and is supported on two rows of supports, five of which are in round shape, in beautiful letters, which remind us of the birth of Bethlehem’s church.

The church has two domes, one is open and the other closed, the latter serving as the tower of the church where the two bells are installed. The roof and the domes are covered with galvanized sheets.

The painting of the church, made in oil and in a realistic style, has a great artistic value, being executed in 1908 by the Italian painter Orest Cantini. The altar screen and the two episcopal chairs, of special nobility, are made of oak wood by the sculptor M. Babic in 1908. The emperor’s icons, the icons of the Holy Holder and Saint John the Baptist on the altar screen, are chained together with silver , having a spectacular work.

The congregation has a functional parish library. The congregation organizes parochial activities with church attendees as well as parish students.

The Art Museum of Oltenita was opened to the public in 2001. This museum, so far unique in the country due to the fact that it is installed in an unconventional space, in a building specifically designed to redistribute drinking water for the city’s inhabitants, is an attraction for tourists.

The tower was built in 1919, and in 1922 a water mill was used to feed Oltenita. In 1916 he was bombed by enemy troops, after which he was renovated when Olteniţa City Hall was built in 1924. At that time, the population of the city was drinking water from the Arges River.

The most important works that can be found in this museum are:

• „Impetus” – a bust carved in white marble by artist Alexander Severin, who in the interwar period arrived in the area around Oltenita.

• „The old lady who speaks” by Nicolae Trepdus – is a gypsy sculpture, representing an old lady in natural size, performed by the artist in 1912, while completing his studies in Vienna.

• „Leonard” by Nicolae Trepdus – gypsum sculpture represents a natural size bust, depicting the opera singer, tenor Nicolae Leonard (1886-1928);

• „Youth” by Nicolae Trepdus – a sculpture in plaster, in which the sculptor’s sister is portrayed.

Several paintings and graphic works by consecrated contemporary painters, such as Elena Afters, Constantin Baciu and Cici Constantinescu, have been exhibited in the museum exhibition: „Landscape in Bucharest”, watercolor, signed in 1963 by Elena Aflorii; „Scene of Show”, graphics in coal, by C. Baciu dated 1963; „Danube in Tulcea”, oil painting by Cici Constantinescu, dated 1963.

It is not known that the first battle of the Crimean War took place in Romania, near Oltenita, founded in the spring of 1853. In the summer of that year, a Russian infantry brigade arrived in Oltenita and six cavalry troops ordered by General Pavlov. Near the Danube, instead of the quarantine (at the confluence of Arges with the Danube), a Cossack station was installed.

On October 22, 1853, after the Turks occupied the Kusui oasis on the Danube, they attacked and conquered quarantine. As a result, the following day, the Russians attacked the quarantine. The attack of the Russians managed to chase the Turks. As a sign of devotion and appreciation, after this battle, the Russians built a monument in memory of the Russian soldiers who fell into this battle. They fortified the place with a stone wall and surrounded it with large and heavy steel chains (as they were once made these fences), built a large cross and laid a funeral stone.

In this monument, we find inscriptions in Russian, which refer to data about the war at that time, more accurate data than those preserved by tradition and which have been communicated from one generation to the next.

The Church of St. Dumitru is a voivodal construction built in the time and command of voivode Matei Basarab and his wife, Elina, in 1648. This fact appears in the stone carved inscription, written in relief letters, which is located above the door entry into the narthex.

In 1900, the church was rebuilt again inside and out, covered with tiles, equipped with new windows and doors, at the expense of the administration of the royal property of the locality. In 1937 it was covered with new tiles, the mosaic floor was laid and it was built with concrete walls and forged iron, also at the expense of the royal property. In 1970, consolidation works were carried out at the tower and portal and it is painted in Byzantine style.

The inscription written in 1900 is located above the church entrance door and is written in capital letters incised on the white marble plate: „This holy church of Matei Basarab was rebuilt by His Majesty King Carol I in the year MCM and XXXIV the first of his reign. „

The inscription in 1937 is located above the church entrance door under the inscription above and is written in capital letters incised on the white marble plate: „In 1937 this holy church was repaired entirely by His Majesty King Carol of II. „

The church has a plan in the form of a 26.7 m long ship, 9.3 m wide and 25 m high, and is made of thin bricks with a hydraulic chalk wall with a width of 1.45 m. It has a single tower massively located over the nartex, which also has the role of bell tower. The total built area is 230 square meters.

Address: Soseaua Chiciului nr. 7, Calarasi 910088

Phone: 0721 908 413

Address: Street Eroilor, Călăraşi

Phone: 0342 404 620

Address: Dorobantu village, Călăraşi

Telephone: 0758 317 675

Address: Strada Argeşului 103, Olteniţa 915400

Phone: 0731 102 720

Address: 24A Calarasi Road, Oltenita 915400

Phone: 0752 066 510

Located in Comana, the „Gellu Naum” Memorial House is actually the summer house of the great surrealist poet, which is preserved the way it was, when Gellu Naum spent his summers here.

This place was for the writer a place where he retreated into his own creation universe, a place of isolation from the social and political context of the era (1968). Today, the house has entered anonymity. However, inside you can see the author’s world, reminiscences highlighted by the collection of small objects and the organization of spaces.

The built ensemble comprises two parts: the cultural foundation space and rooms for accommodation.

Comana Monastery is a religious edifice included in the list of historical monuments in Romania, built by Vlad the Impaler in 1461, with the role of a monastery-fortress (ruined until the end of the 16th century).

The church of the Comana monastery, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was rebuilt in the nineteenth century, and in 1971 these works led to the discovery of a fragment of a funerary stone inscription, indicating the stone tomb of Ancuta, the daughter of Radu Serban.

In 1908, the entire architectural complex of Comana was restored by the Historic Monuments Commission to retreat, especially after the Second World War.

The penultimate works – the extensive restoration of the cult took place between 1970-1977 and were interrupted in 1978 when the Department for Historical Monuments was disbanded. The church, severely affected by the earthquakes of 1977 and 1986, was fully consolidated between 1988 and 1990.

In 2008, with the help of the Diocese of Giurgiu, the interiors, as well as the royal cellar and the library were restored.

Address: Comana

Phone: 0743 079 934

Address: Street Gelu Naum, 607, Comana 087055

Phone: 0743 079 934

The „Danube On 2 Wheels” Project is co-financed by the European Union though the European Regional Development Fund, within the INTERREG V-A Romania – Bulgaria Programme.
The total eligible value of the project is EUR 497.713,26, of which EUR 423.056,25 represents the value of the European Union contribution through the European Regional Development Fund.

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Comana – Calarasi route

Touristic objectives in area

Municipal Museum, Călăraşi

St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, Calarasi

The Art Museum – The Oltenita water tower

Monument of the Russian Heroes, Oltenita

Saints Dumitru and Nestor, Monastery

3 stars Albatros Tourist Complex and Restaurant

Hestia Hotel

Boier Moflea Pub &Grill

Brizz Bar Oltenita

Dornacor Hostel, Oltenita

Memorial House Gellu Naum, Comana

Comana Monastery

The Great Cupbearer (Marelui Paharnic) Tavern, Comana

Comana House – Hotel – Restaurant

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Level – advanced
Duration – 2 days
Distance – 121 km
Surface – paved
Bicycle type – cursor

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