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| Drobeta Turnu Severin is the town of parks and gardens. They made their appearance and developed while the town itself was developing. The first park which appeared in 1959 on the Danube embankment was the Public Garden which today is called the "Dragalina" park and includes the remains of the Severin Fortess as well as the ,"Theodor Costescu" Cultural Palace.
The outline of the Roses Park was sketched between 1895-1899. The park houses the Heroes' Monument-Crypt which was erected in 1933 and the modern building of the Park Hotel.
The Central Park, created between 1899-1901 is located in front of the Administrative Palace and it houses a bust of Emperor Trajan (erected in 1906 by D. Franasovici) and that of King Decebalus (1972, M. Butunoiu).
The ,,Traian" Secondary School park houses Mihail Eminescu's bust (sculptured by Gheorghe Anghel) as well as the statuary group ,,Theodor Costescu and a pulpil" (by Ovidiu Onofrei). The town parks include rare species of trees such as magnolias, tulip trees as well as Ginkgo Biloba, the oldest plant species of the world also called ,,the living fossil"-
In front of the Cultural Palace, a kinetic fountain was built in 1979 and was given the name ,,Hora de la Balacita" (.the ,,Hora from Balacitza"). It is a darina combination of light, kinetics and water. Its author is the sculptor The PARK Hotel Constantin Lucaci.
The museum of the Iron Gates Hydropower Station together with the Turbine Hall, the Vodita Monastery as well as the St. Ann Monastery of Orsova can be easily reached from Turnu Severin. It is from this region that the wonderful area of Cazane becomes accessible both by water and by and. Northwards and eastwards one can also visit the Topolnitei Hermitage as well as the Strehaia and Gura Humorului Monasteries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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