Februarie 2011, pe o zi superbă de primăvară anticipată, descopeream Turnu Severin dar muzeul era închis. Renovare şi reamenajare. M-am bucurat: aştept cu interes redeschiderea de la anul. Am putut doar să admir superba clădire în stil neoromânesc, statuia inginerului Apolodor din Damasc (a cărui soclu e decorat cu un basorelief al podului) şi pietre funerare amplasate în grădină. Ignoram un grup de cetăţeni care profitau de inactivitatea muzeului pentru a-şi spăla Dacia mult prea aproape de vestigii. De fapt, ca s-o spun mai pe şleau, îşi uscau carpetele de la maşină pe o piatră funerară...
În faţa muzeului am descoperit cu interes ruinele unei vechi biserici medievale. O fi fost ortodoxă, o fi fost catolică? Unii se mai ceartă şi astăzi pe tema asta...
Ce contează este faptul că Drobeta-Turnu Severin este un loc de mare importanţă pentru identitatea naţională, despre care până la urmă cine poate spune cu exactitate în ce măsură e dacică sau romană?
The Iron Gates Region Museum
In February 2011, on a beautiful anticipated spring day, I was discovering Turnu Severin. However, its main museum was closed for major works and reorganization. I was not very disappointed. I am expecting great things when the museum shall open again. For now, I could only admire the building from the outside; it is a beautiful administrative building in classic Neoromanian style. In front of it is the statue of Apolodorus of Damascus. On its pedestal is the outline of the bridge he built across the Danube in 105 A.D. There are also ancient stones placed about the courtyard. I had to ignore a group of citizens who were taking advantage of the museum hiatus to wash their Dacia automobile much to close to these artifacts. In fact, to say it bluntly, they were drying their floor mats on a tombstone...
In front of the museum I observed the foundations of a medieval church. Was it Orthodox, was it Catholic? Some still argue on the subject...
What truly matters is that Drobeta-Turnu Severin is a place of great importance for national identity. Who can really say nowadays in what measure it is Roman or Dacian?
The Iron Gates Region Museum
In February 2011, on a beautiful anticipated spring day, I was discovering Turnu Severin. However, its main museum was closed for major works and reorganization. I was not very disappointed. I am expecting great things when the museum shall open again. For now, I could only admire the building from the outside; it is a beautiful administrative building in classic Neoromanian style. In front of it is the statue of Apolodorus of Damascus. On its pedestal is the outline of the bridge he built across the Danube in 105 A.D. There are also ancient stones placed about the courtyard. I had to ignore a group of citizens who were taking advantage of the museum hiatus to wash their Dacia automobile much to close to these artifacts. In fact, to say it bluntly, they were drying their floor mats on a tombstone...
In front of the museum I observed the foundations of a medieval church. Was it Orthodox, was it Catholic? Some still argue on the subject...
What truly matters is that Drobeta-Turnu Severin is a place of great importance for national identity. Who can really say nowadays in what measure it is Roman or Dacian?
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