Drobeta-Turnu Severin
city in Mehedinți County, Romania
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Drobeta-Turnu Severin is a city located in Mehedinți County in Romania, situated along the Danube River in the southwestern part of the country. The city is notable as an important regional center and historical site, with roots tracing back to Roman times when it served as a strategic point along the Danube frontier.
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Drobeta-Turnu Severin ( Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin] ), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats lying on the river Danube. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site, and the modern town of Turnu Severin received the additional name of Drobeta during Nicolae Ceaușescu's national-communist dictatorship as part of his myth-making efforts.
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