Statue of Decebalus
The statue of the Dacer king Decebalus is a 55 meter high statue and at the same time the tallest rock sculpture in Europe. It is located on a rock formation of the Almăj Mountains on the banks of the Danube near the village of Dubova , southwest of the city of Orșova ( Romania ), in the Iron Gate Nature Park (Romanian: Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier ).
description
The idea comes from the Romanian businessman and historian Iosif Constantin Drăgan . A total of twelve sculptors were involved in the project, it took ten years to complete (1994–2004) and in the end it cost over one million US dollars.
East of the statue, and thus on the Serb bank side, is the tab Traiana (German: panel of the Traian ), a carved into the rock of the Iron Gate, the Roman Emperor Trajan dedicated inscription .
Under Decebal's face there is the Latin inscription "DECEBALUS REX - DRAGAN FECIT" (" King Decebal - Built by Drăgan ").
Web links
- History of the Monument. In: DecebalusRex.ro (English).
- Modern stone age the statue of Decebalus, Romania. Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 14, 2017,accessed on August 14, 2020. .
- Malte Joost: Six monumental portraits from around the world: The statue of the Dacer king Decebalus. In: Geo .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Statue of Decebalus ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 44 ° 38 ′ 26 " N , 22 ° 17 ′ 29" E