Departure is from Malovăţ commune in Mehedinţi County and we pedal on DN67, passing through the villages August 23, Lazu and Cocorova. Near Ciovârnăşani village we leave the national road and start up DJ671A towards Siseşti village, which stretches along the river Coşuştea river. From here we reach the village of Ilovat leaving the DJ671A and entering the DJ671E. We take this road to Dâlbociţa, then cross Firizu and pedal for another 13 km until we reach the village of Cerna Peak, which is halfway through our route. After we pass by Firizu, we cross our way past the Cosuştea-Crivelnic Monastery of St. Pahomie.
Before starting on the route that will return to Malovăţ, we rest in the Cerna Peak area. We then begin the descent to the south on the DJ670, passing through the village of Balta, the village of Şiroca, the villages of Bălvăneştiu de Sus, Bălvăneşti and Bobaiţa to reach the end point of the route, Molovăţ commune.
The hydropower system „Iron Gates I” and the Navigation System, which is a symbol of the Romanian energetic industry and which is the result of the Romanian-Yugoslav collaboration, was inaugurated on May 16, 1972. The Museum of the Iron Gates I Hydro Power Station was opened in 1976 and presents the general characteristics of the Danube, hydrological data, material evidence of human settlements in the region.
The museum exhibits folk costumes specific to the Iron Gates region and a water mill considered to be the precursor of the modern turbine, Pelton.
The biological diversity, the complexity of the geological substrate and the cultural values make the Iron Gates region a place with a scientific reputation internationally. The Iron Gates Gorge is considered to be an open-air geological museum. There is a variety of magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Because of the avifaunistic wealth, the Danube course in the Portile de Fier area was declared Sit Natura 2000.
The trip to the „Iron Gates I” Hydropower Museum ends with the Turbin Hall, where the visitor can admire the six Kaplan turbines, each with an installed capacity of 194.5 MW.
Trajan’s Bridge or Apollodor Bridge built above the Danube was a Roman bridge, the first bridge built over the Lower Danube. Although it was functional for only a few decades, for over 1,000 years it was the longest arched bridge.
The bridge was built in 105 AD. at the request of Emperor Trajan, by the Greek architect Apollodor in Damascus for the passage of Roman troops and supplies during the conquest of Dacia.
The bridge was east of the Iron Gates near the cities of today Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Romania and Kladovo in Serbia.
The structure was 1,135 m long (now the Danube has a width of 800 m in this area), the width of 15 m and the height of 19 m, measured from the surface of the river. At each end there was a Roman camp, each built around an entrance, so that the passage of the bridge was possible only by passing through the camps.
The bridge engineer, Apollodor of Damascus, used wood arches, each 38m wide, set on twenty brick masonry pillars, mortar and Pozzolan cement. The bridge was built unusually quickly (between 103 and 105).
Address: Strada Portului 1, Drobeta-Turnu Severin 220234
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Address: Bulevardul Carol 2, Drobeta-Turnu Severin 220111
Telephone: 0372 528 828
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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1-day Drobeta Turnu-Severin Route
Touristic objectives in area
Museum of the Iron Gates Hydro-power Museum, Department of the Iron Gate Region Museum in Drobeta Turnu Severin
Foot of Trajan’s Bridge
Danube’s Spell Garden Restaurant
Corona Hotel
Continental Hotel, Drobeta-Turnu Severin
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- „Danube on 2 Wheels” Tourist Center (ACTIS Sport Club – Calarasi)
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- Level – advanced
- Duration – 1 day
- Distance – 88 km
- Total vertical climb – 1,350 m
- Surface – paved / unpaved
- Bicycle type – MTB
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