Statue of Decebalus is the tallest sculpture in Europe which is carved in rock. 40 meters high statue is located at Danube rocky coast near the town Orşova in Romania. Decebalus was Dacian King who was famous for fighting three wars against Roman empire. He ruled the Dacians from 87 to 106 AD. At the end he killed himself, not allowing Romans to capture him alive. Sculpture is idea by the Iosif Constantin Drăgan – Romanian historian. Building began in 1994 and finished in 2004. They needed a 12 sculptors and over 1 million dollars to finish it.

From its springs in Germany, Danube river gather many tributary water flows from 9 countries and pass through 4 capital cities. 2860 km long stream finish its journey in the Romania where it form a big delta (second by size in Europe after a Volga Delta. Delta has a aproximate surface of 2600 km2 but this surface is every year bigger for a 40 m because of big ammount of deposits broughted by the river. 740 km2 of Delta is on the Ukrainian side of the border. This rich ecosystem is greatly preserved because this is one of the least inhabited regions of Europe with only 2 people per km2. Most of them lives in the city Sulina. The town Tulcea at the western edge of the delta, but not in the delta, is the place from where tourist cruises begins. Danube Delta is habitat for over a 300 hundred bird species. Fishing tourism is very popular. Here is place where you can expect capital catches of Zander and Catfish. However i would like to try match fishing there…