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August 03rd, 2010 | Author:

Ada Kaleh (Turkish Adakale (“Island Fortress”), Hungarian: Újorsova or Ada Kaleh, Serbian: Адакале / Adakale) was a small island on the Danube populated by Turks that was submerged during the building of the Iron Gates hydro plant in 1970. The island was about 3 km downstream from Orşova and measured 1.75 by 0.4-0.5 km. The isle of [...]

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