Building the Danube-Black Sea canal

Building the Danube-Black Sea canal

Runs from Cernavoda, on the Danube, to Constanta (southern arm, as main branch), and to Navodari (northern arm), on the Black Sea. It is an important part of the European canal system that links the North Sea (through the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal) to the Black Sea. The main branch of the canal, with a length of 64.4 km (40.0 mi), which connects the Port of Cernavoda with the Port of Constanta, was built in 1976–1984, while the north branch, known as the Poarta Alba – Midia Navodari Canal, with a length of 31.2 km (19.4 mi), between Poarta Alba and Port of...
The Bucharest before 80’s demolitions

The Bucharest before 80’s demoliti...

  Rahova-Cosbuc cinema Via:...
Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht . Part II

Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht . P...

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Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’s Yacht

Mircea The Great – Ceausescu’...

The boat is a passenger usage type . Itsurpose is to fulfil special missions on the rivers . Maximum length is 95.74m and the maximum speed is 36.4 Km/h with all three engines  at 1000 rot/min .  Mircea The Great it was build specially for Nicolae Ceausescu’s usage . Presidential couple  did enjoyed just only once the luxury of this yacht . After the 1989 revolution , the yacht was renamed  in ” Mures ” . Now it is docked in Braila and can be rented for 600 euros per hour...
Memories from communism. Part IV – 1975 flooding

Memories from communism. Part IV –...

In 1975 there have been some of the most devastating floods in modern Romania , many localities being affected.       Via : Communismul in Romania  
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