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SULINA

WALKING THROUGH SULINA

Surrounded by four lighthouses, Sulina, documented since the 10th century, tells its story in the easternmost point of the country, cradled by the waters of the Danube as they make their way to the sea.

The meeting of the archaic and the modern, the historic buildings, the cosmopolitan cemetery, the wild beaches, the free horses, the biodiversity of the Delta, the labyrinth of canals, make Sulina a unique destination.

The Palace of the European Commission of the Danube, the headquarters of the European Commission of the Danube from 1868 to 1921, witness to the period of maximum flourishing at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, welcomes you on the cliff as you step off the pier.

Behind it, the Old Lighthouse, built between 1869-1870 by the C.E.D. and converted into a museum in 2003, has reopened its gates to give you a glimpse of the town, which is awash with the river at every turn.

Sulina Veche Exhibition, a private exhibition, set up by Gheorghe Comârzan as a windmill, from objects collected over the years – photographs, documents, maps – tells the stories of Sulina in the past and can be visited on CA Rosetti Street 5.

On the promenade, among the restaurants enticing with deltaic gastronomy, is the studio of Liviu Simioncencu, a local photographer who has been capturing the city through his lens since he was 16: “People move with the times, only the Danube, the sky and the sea remain there, steadfast, immovable. It gathers people’s wrinkles into water chills and lets seagulls fly their dreams over everyone.”

The dives to the river mouth, 9 km from the town, where the wreck of the Turgut ship can be seen, to Bird Island, a generous nesting place for tens of thousands of birds, or to Musura Bay, alive with swans, pelicans, blackbirds, chire, crocodiles, cormorants, terns, and waders, promise unforgettable experiences.

The road to the deserted beaches, renowned for the finest sands, passes by the cosmopolitan cemetery, which preserves the vestiges of a long-gone world populated by pirates, fishermen, sailors, ship captains and inhabitants who spoke all the languages of the Earth: Romanians, Greeks, Ukrainians, Armenians, Russians, Poles, French, English, Danes, Dutch, Austrians, Germans, Italians, Maltese, Croats, Serbs, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, French, English, Danes, Dutch, Austrians, Germans, Italians, Maltese, Croats, Serbs, Czechs, Hungarians.

“It’s a colony life here. The Levantine trade attracts adventurers from all tribes, who come here to fish in the murky waters of the Danube. A patchwork of races. All races, all types and all languages”, is how Jean Bart described Sulina at the beginning of the 20th century in his novel Europolis.

Where the pelicans, seagulls, egrets, egrets, herons, herons, kestrels, whistlers and gulls spread their wings, where the reeds, the papura, the water lilies and the pussy willows let themselves be caressed by the wind, “where the old Danube loses both its water and its name in the Sea” (J. Bart), we are waiting for you at the #cleanwaters Danube Festival.

The Danube watches over us all, with love from Sulina!

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