The Kazan gorge
Cliffs about 300 m above the Danube.
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Đerdap National Park runs along the right bank of the Danube in eastern Serbia, from Golubac Fortress to the dam near Novi Sip. It was established in 1974 and covers 63,786 hectares. Its best known feature is the Đerdap gorge or Iron Gates, with a Romanian nature park on the opposite bank. The gorge is an ancient waterway. Emperor Trajan built his famous bridge here in 105 AD, and some of its pillars survive along with the commemorative plaque known as Tabula Traiana. The scene changed in the early 1970s, when the Iron Gate dam raised the water level. In July 2020 UNESCO named the wider area a global geopark, the first in Serbia. The gorge is about 100 km long and made up of four gorges separated by valleys. At Kazan the cliffs rise about 300 m and the riverbed narrows to 150 m, and at Gospođin Vir the depth reaches 82 m. Among the park's great viewpoints are Kapetan Mišin Breg and Veliki Štrbac above Kazan. The forests are home to wildlife including the Eurasian lynx. The park office is in Donji Milanovac, a good base for boat trips and walks. The Danube road has easy places to stop, but the roads to the high viewpoints are slower, so take a car or join a tour. The archaeological site of Lepenski Vir also lies in the park.
Cliffs about 300 m above the Danube.
A Roman plaque from Trajan's reign.
A famous Danube viewpoint.
Right bank of the Danube, from Golubac to the Iron Gate dam, eastern Serbia
The name of the Đerdap gorge on the Danube, about 100 km long between Serbia and Romania.
Donji Milanovac, home of the park office and close to Lepenski Vir and the Kazan viewpoints.