Vedere a insulei Ada-Kaleh (1968)
"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

Vedere a insulei Ada-Kaleh (1968)

Boris Zderciuc · 1968

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"Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum

View of Ada-Kaleh Island. Ada Kaleh means “Fortress Island.” It was an island on the Danube, covered in 1970 by the waters of the catchment lake of the Iron Gates I. The island was about 3 km downstream from the town of Orșova; it was inhabited by Turks of Muslim origin. For this reason the island was also called Turban Island. It was listed as a tax haven of Romania, having a tumultuous history, because of its strategic position, always finding itself either under Turkish rule or under Austrian rule, until 1918-1920 when it became Romanian territory, even though it was inhabited entirely by Turks. The island was sunk in the spring of 1970, with several buildings being demolished before flooding. The idea was to recover on the island of Shimian but the inhabitants moved to other areas of the country or left for Turkey.

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