Enisala
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Dobruja | ||||
| Circle : | Tulcea | ||||
| Municipality : | Sarichioi | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 53 ' N , 28 ° 49' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Residents : | 872 (2011) | ||||
| Postal code : | 827191 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 40 | ||||
| License plate : | TL | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Enisala (Bulgarian: Ново село , Turkish: Yeni sale ) is a village in Tulcea County , in the Dobruja region , in southeastern Romania . The village of Enisala belongs to the Sarichioi municipality .
Geographical location
Enisala is located in the north of Dobruja, in the Tulcea district, on the county roads ( drum județean ) DJ 222 (Tulcea - Enisala - Ceamurlia de Jos ) and DJ 222A (Enisala - Babadag ).
Neighboring places
| Zebil | Babadag lake | Sarichioi |
| Babadag |
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Enisala Fortress |
| Visterna | Babadag forest | Sălcioara (Tulcea) |
history
The area around Enisala has been inhabited for thousands of years. A settlement of the Gumelnitza culture and another from the Iron Age were discovered in the immediate vicinity . During the Phanariot period the place was called Heracleeia , the Romans called it Vicus Novus (New Village). The current name Enisala arose under Turkish rule - where “yeni” means new and “sale” means village, settlement. Romanians , Greeks , Bulgarians , Tatars , Turks , Lipovans and Circassians have lived here for centuries . The main attraction of Enisala is the medieval fortress.
Enisala Fortress
The fortress Enisala was built in the 14th century at the behest of the imperial authorities from Byzantium . It served military and administrative purposes. From 1338 to 1417 it was under the rule of the Wallachian prince Mircea the Elder . In 1417 it was conquered by the Ottoman Sulten Mehmed I and served the Turks as a military garrison.
Today, Enisala is the only remaining medieval fortress in Dobruja. As a result of the Russo-Ottoman wars , the Russian generals had all the Ottoman military bases destroyed about 200 years ago. Enisala escaped this fate as it had lost its strategic function many years earlier and was abandoned.
Web links
- books.google.de , Birgitta Gabriela Hannover: Romania. Art treasures and natural beauties.
- info-delta.ro , The Enisala Fortress
- historia.ro , The history of the Enisala fortress
- calatoruldigital.ro , Dobruja fortresses
Individual evidence
- ↑ cetateaenisala.ro ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Location
- ↑ a b dobrogea.blogspot.de , Enisala - medieval fortress with a view
- ^ A b books.google.de , Birgitta Gabriela Hannover: Romania. Art treasures and natural beauties.
