I have traveled many times to Dobrogea since it is on the way to the seaside but on this trip, I had the chance to really explore the region thanks to some wonderful friends who acted as my guide. We have visited a lot of picturesque landscapes, citadels, caves, and monasteries, but the most powerful impression was not the one left from the spectacular scenery, but that of the feeling of time-traveling. For a few seconds, we were witnessing the Genovese knights in their armor, surveying the approaching ships, or we were among the very first Christians who settled here, preaching the new teachings of Jesus.
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| Histria - relics of the old City - present Museum and archeological site |
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| Walls of Histria - a symbiosis between man and nature |
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Windmills
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Competing with the nuclear plant from Cernavoda, the energy provided by the windmills of the fields of Dobrogea is far more secure and clean. One couldn't argue that they ruin so much the natural landscape, as their presence enriches somehow the linear perspective, disrupting the parallelism of the earth and the sky. Although the stereotype of the giants imagined by Don Quijote is obvious, one couldn't help but remember the immortal character of Cervantes, even though we are not situated on the Spanish plateau.
Dairy farms are quite usual in this area, where flocks of sheep are very common.
One cannot become tired by the roads of Dobrogea, as they unfold up and down before your eyes, along the old, eroded mountains which have become a plateau or even leave the impression of wide fields.
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| Orthodox church in Doborgea |
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| Endless sunflower fields |
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Endless sunflower fields
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Russian-style Uspenia Monastery - the cultural mosaic of these places exists here thanks to centuries of inter-ethnic tolerance - in this region exists a large number of Lipovans, among other peoples.
