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Bigăr Waterfall
A moss-domed cascade where the Minișului river fans over a rounded travertine cushion in Cheile Nerei park.
15 km · about 30 min drive
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Eftimie Murgu
Caraș-Severin County, Romania · Europe
About Eftimie Murgu
Eftimie Murgu is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Bănia, 37km from Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates).
Eftimie Murgu is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, with about 1,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bănia, about 4 km away.
Eftimie Murgu (called Rudăria until 1970, when it was renamed after the revolutionary born there; Hungarian: Ógerlistye) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania, with a population of 1,296 people as of 2021. It is composed of a single village, Eftimie Murgu.
The commune is named after Eftimie MurguRead more
(1805–1870), a philosopher and member of the 1848 revolutionary movements in Wallachia and the Banat.
At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,628 inhabitants, of which 96.87% were Romanians; 85.6% were Romanian Orthodox and 14.2% Baptist. At the 2021 census, Eftimie Murgu had a population of 1,296, of which 94.21% were Romanians.
The Rudăria-Bănia ore mine and the Rudăria coal mine are located on the territory of the commune.
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What is there to see near Eftimie Murgu?
Within an hour or so of Eftimie Murgu: Bigăr Waterfall (15 km), Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării) (36 km), Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates) (37 km), Đerdap National Park (39 km).
Are there any good drives near Eftimie Murgu?
The nearest famous roads are Pasul Urdele (Transalpina) and Transalpina.
Where is Eftimie Murgu?
Eftimie Murgu is in Caraș-Severin County, Romania, about 4 km from Bănia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,761
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Romania
- Region
- Caraș-Severin County
- Timezone
- Europe/Bucharest
- Coordinates
- 44.9003, 22.0928
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Worth the detour from Eftimie Murgu
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Danube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)
Spectacular stretch of DN57 through the Iron Gates gorge, where the Danube squeezes between cliffs beneath the giant rock-carved face of Dacian king Decebalus: Romania's finest river-gorge drive.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Đerdap Gorge (Iron Gates)
Europe's largest river gorge where the Danube cuts through the Carpathians, forming a dramatic border between Serbia and Romania.
37 km · about 45 min drive
national park
Đerdap National Park
Serbia's largest national park along the Iron Gates gorge of the Danube, followed for 100 km by one of Europe's most scenic river roads.
39 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
Lepenski Vir
A Mesolithic settlement site on the Danube with sculpted sandstone figures, housed in a modern shelter with parking off the Đerdap road.
39 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Golubac Fortress
A ten-towered medieval fortress rising straight from the Danube where the river narrows into the Iron Gates; the Đerdap road once threaded directly through its walls.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Eftimie Murgu
2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 36 kmDanube Boilers (Cazanele Dunării)Spectacular stretch of DN57 through the Iron Gates gorge, where the Danube squeezes between cliffs beneath the giant rock-carved face of Dacian king Decebalus: Romania's finest river-gorge drive.
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