The Genovese Lighthouse stands on the cliff of Constanta, behind the monument depicting the bust of Mihai Eminescu. When the Ottomans not yet trod the lands of the old continent of Europe the Genovese galleys were landed in the ancient city of Tomis in the late thirteenth century. This Italic nation had to to dominate […]
The landing lighthouse from Constanța is known as one of the safest guiding methods of the ships which enter the Harbor. At the same time, the harbor from Constanța has also the role as radio-marker, being one of the four such unique lighthouses from the shores of the Black Sea. Built in 1958, the Lighthouse […]
The old lighthouse Carol I is located inside the harbor of Constanta, and is mounted in a tower of stone and has a height of 21,75 m above sea level. It is decorated with bas-relief of KingCarol I, who on 27 September 1909 inaugurated the opening of Constanta port and a plaque with the inscription “Port […]
THE DOLPHINARIUM is among the most visited tourist attractions in Constanta both in the in the summer and in the extra season. Along Planetarium, Astronomical Observatory and Micro-Reservation, the Dolphinarium is the beautiful and exciting part of the Natural Science Museum Complex Constanta. Dolphinarium was opened on June 1, 1972, representing at that time the first […]
LAGUNA SPORTING CLUB is constituted as a poli-sportive structure. The purpose of this club, founded by ex-athletes and having members collaborators of the best professionals and technicians and young professors with real skills in successfully practicing the teaching-coach profession, is: a) to develop and educate young people and children personality, intellectually, psychologically, morally and physically […]
As stated in the Colonel’s book Ionescu Dobrogianu, Tomis – Constanța, 1931, the hotel was buillt by an English company “Danube and Black Sea Railway”, led by John Trevor Barkleay, by the architectAlexandru Orascu plans, between 1879-1881, in Neoclassic ctyle with gables, decorative capitals and statues. Alexandru Hristea Orascu (known especially as Alexandru Orascu, born 30 July 1817, Bucharest – death 16 […]
A constant interest for education issues after Dobrogea reintegration in the country in November 1878 was manifested. Opera founder of schools of the man and patriot Ion Banescu is crowned through establishment of the Normal School in Constanta. Noted politician Take Ionescu, Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Education at the time, which, on 22 […]
Tomis, today Constanța, was founded over 2500 years ago by seafarers and Greek merchants came from the city of Miletus (Asia Minor), attracted by the shelter offered by the bay and the peninsula formed by the Black Sea as well as by the very good exchange of products made with the chiefs of the local population, […]
During the Turkish administraion, the Constanța Prefecture or Kiustenge, was operating on the place where today is “Mihai Eminescu” High-School. The first Romanian prefect of Constanta, Remus Opreanu has also installed here, in this mansion, in 1878, after Dobrogea was joined to Romanian Kingdom, as a result of the War of Independence. In 1882, the […]
Cathedral “Saints Peter and Paul” is an Orthodox place of worship in Constanta, located in the the peninsular city, below the Ovidiu Sqtare, in front of the Archdiocese of Tomis. The building dominates by its monumental architecture, the entire Southern cliff area of the city. The cornerstone was laid down on 4 September 1883, during the Metropolitan Iosif […]
