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Ruins · Orșova · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Ruins Ada-Kaleh in Orșova

Ada-Kaleh is a ruin in Orșova, Mehedinți. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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Ruins Ada-Kaleh in Orșova

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The story

Audio tour · Ada-Kaleh

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You're looking out over the Danube here, about three kilometres downstream from Orșova. Beneath this water lies a vanished world: the island of Ada Kaleh. The name comes from Turkish and means Island Fortress. It was less than two kilometres long and about half a kilometre wide. In 1970 it disappeared under the water, when the Iron Gates hydroelectric dam was built.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

Ruins Ada-Kaleh in Orșova

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When you stand at Ada-Kaleh, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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