The Monastery Gura Motrului is found built up close to an ancient monastic skete. According to the tradition of the place, the oldest skete would have been built by the Pious Saint Nicodim the Sainted, somewhere around the end of the XIVth century. The wooden small church and the few sanctums of the skete were […]
It is believed that the church was initially built in the locality Văgiulești, from the county Gorj, in the year 1785, on the expenses of the steward Constantin Strâmbeanu. There is also another version, the one of bringing it from Maramureș, less probable, inspired probably by the atypical architecture for de wooden churches from Oltenia: […]
The Congregation Museum Eșelnița was constituted in the period 1990 – 1996, because of the congregation priest Sever Negrescu and of the donors. It comprises patrimony goods of exceptional value, coming from the fireplaces of the former villages and churches situated throughout the Defile of the Danube: Tisovița, Plavisevița and Ogradena swallowed by the waters, […]
The foundation stone of the Saint Elijah Church was set in 1991, the works starting in 1992. They were interrupted for a period of time, being continued in the year 1998, currently the construction already being at the roof, the tower on the narthex being built entirely. The holy place of worship is projected in […]
The memorial House Matache was built at the beginning of the XXth century, having as owner Matache Oana Zoia. Later on the house was nationalized having more uses among which also a Polyclinic. In the year 2000 the building was retrocede to the family Matache. In the year 2010, the building was renovated, being dedicated […]
On the 13th of June 2013 it is inaugurated the monument In memoriam to the Honor and Country Division, dedicated to the sailor martyr heroes who fought during the Second World War (the 23rd of August 1944 – the 12th of May 1945). For the memorial of the martyr heroes every year, on the 15th […]
Information about the Severin Port can be found even from the XVIIIth century. After the occupation of Oltenia (1718 – 1741), when they already had the intention of building on the same place of the Severin from today the city “Carolina”, the Austrians were already present in the area even from 1829 (the Treaty from […]
Information about the Severin Port can be found even from the XVIIIth century. After the occupation of Oltenia (1718 – 1741), when they already had the intention of building on the same place of the Severin from today the city “Carolina”, the Austrians were already present in the area even from 1829 (the Treaty from […]
The Jews were settled in Cerneți even before the foundation of the city Severin, however there were only 12 families and they didn’t have any religious or school organization. After the foundation of the city Severin there came, however, especially from the Balkan cities, many Spanish Jews, and from the rest of the country or […]
The initiative of building the Roman – Catholic Congregation was launched in 1860, for satisfying the spiritual needs of the community of this religion from the city, significant as number and material state. Therefore, in 1858, the catholic community from Severin numbers 600 souls, fact which determines the appointment of a stable priest. Also, in […]
