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Constanta main port at the Black Sea
Constanta is the oldest living city in Romania. Important sites, dating back approximately 2,500 years, such as the Roman Mosaic, Roman Baths and Greek ruins of the ancient city of TOMIS (7th century B.C.) can be found here. Today Constanta is the most important port on the Black Sea, industrial city, cultural and academic center, museum of priceless vestiges, seaside "capital" and valuable tourist center.
Constanta City
TOMIS (historical name), is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC.
Tomis (also called Tomi) was a Greek colony in the province of Scythia Minor on the Black Sea shore, founded around 600 BC for commercial exchanges with the local Getic populations. The name may likely be derived from Greek "Tomi" meaning cutpiece, section.
The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanta County and the largest city in the region. The city of Constanta is one of the most important in Romania, one of four roughly equal-size cities which rank after Bucharest.
The Constanta metropolitan area, founded in 2007, comprises 14 localities located at a maximum distance of 30 km (19 mi) from the city, and, with 446,600 (in 2011) inhabitants, it is the second largest metropolitan area in Romania.
The Port of Constanta has an area of 39.26 km (15.16 sq mi) and a length of about 30 km (19 mi). It is the largest port on the Black Sea, and one of the largest ports (the fourth) in Europe.
Nearby Attractions
Black Sea Resorts: Mamaia, Olimp - Neptun, Jupiter, Cap Aurora, Venus, Saturn
Eforie and Mangalia spas
Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Histria (600 B.C.)
Worth to visit
The Roman Edifice With Mosaic (3rd - 6th centuries)
National History
And Archaeology Museum
Art Museum
Folk Art Museum
Romanian Navy Museum
Aquarium
Dolphinarium
Planetarium
Statue of Ovidius (the great Roman poet exiled in Tomis in 9 A.D. by the Roman emperor Augustus
The Genovese Lighthouse
The cliff with the Casino
Churches, Worship places: Orthodox cathedral, Roman Catholic Church - St. Antony, Evangelic Christian Church, The Jewish Worship House, The Great Mosque
Constanta Shore Tours
Constanta sights & Roman Ruins
Constanta sights & Ancient Citadel of Histria
Constanta sights & Tropaeum Traiani Adamclisi
Danube Delta
Bucharest