Turnu Magurele

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CountryR, Romania
ZIP1452
Danube´s banksLeft
Population31000
Sea level23
General descriptionTurnu Magurele is a municipality in Teleorman County, Romania. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Danube.

There are some vestiges of a Roman bridge across the Danube, built in 330 by Constantine the Great.

The name of the city means "Hill Tower" in Romanian, in reference to the defense-wall tower of a fort built on the spot by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in 6th century (ruins of the facilities can still be seen).

The village of Islaz, part of Turnu Magurele, was the initial center of the 1848 Wallachian revolution (Islaz gathering).
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Latitude (d:m:s)43:45:6
Longitude (d:m:s)24:52:15