Corabia

Corabia is a small port city in Romania in Olt County in Lesser Wallachia, which lies on the Danube, thus north of the Bulgarian border. This port was used by the then District Romanaţi before the Second World War.

The name goes back to the fact that the original settlement to have been built from the remains of a Genoese ship capsized ( " Corabia " is the Romanian language term for " sailing ship", or " galley "). The city was an important port in the 1880s.

Under the communist regime, Corabia developed to a considerable industrial city, with a sugar refinery, furniture factory, tannery, a fiber production plant, etc. However, the population declined in recent years. Many residents have migrated after closing many factories in larger cities.

Corabia is one of the central points of the circle Olt. The villages Tudor Vladimirescu and Vârtopu are incorporated into the city.

Furthermore, the remains of a castle ( Sucidava ) worth mentioning. This goes back to the Roman period. Nearby there is the " secret fountain" ( an unusual technical monument ) and the Orthodox Cathedral " Holy Trinity," (one of the largest buildings of its kind in Romania), as well as a statue in the middle of the city, the city Corabia as a starting point the battles of the war of Independence of 1877/78 does. Corabia has an important archaeological museum, among other things, with a remarkable collection of Roman pottery.

In the city there is a football club, a few shops and bars.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Pola Illéry (1908-2012), Romanian - French actress
• Ion Oblemenco (1945-1996), the Romanian football player
• Cristina Vărzaru ( b. 1979 ), Romanian handball player

Gallery

Sucidavas Secret Fountain

Holy Trinity Cathedral