Calafat
What to see in Calafat
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
← Swipe for another category →- 1Palace and art museum
Palatul Marincu – Muzeul de Artă
A palace built between 1905 and 1907 for the Marincu family, in French neoclassical style with Baroque touches, now the town's Art and Ethnography Museum.
It is the finest building in Calafat and the town's only museum.
Centru, la circa 150 m de Primărie 
2Riverfront and portFaleza Dunării și portul
The promenade on the high bank of the Danube, with the Debarcader park, viewing gazebos and views of the port, Vidin and the bridge over the river.
Calafat grew up as a crossing point to Vidin, and the riverfront is where you see why.
Malul Dunării, la circa 550 m de centru- 3Monument and memorial park
Monumentul Independenței
A monument by the Calafat-born sculptor Dumitru Pavelescu-Dimo, raised to remember the bombardment of Vidin in May 1877, with two old cannons pointing towards Bulgaria.
Romanian artillery at Calafat opened fire on the fortress of Vidin in the War of Independence, and this monument is where the town remembers it.
Parcul 1877, lângă faleză, la circa 400 m de centru 
4Historic Orthodox churchBiserica „Sf. Nicolae” – Catedrala Independenței
The parish church on Strada Traian, called the 'Cathedral of Independence' because Prince Carol I came here during the war of 1877.
It is the church tied to the history of the War of Independence and the largest church in the old centre.
Centru, lângă Parcul Poporului, la circa 300 m de Primărie
5Former Greek churchBiserica „Izvorul Tămăduirii” (Biserica Grecească)
A church built between 1864 and 1874 by the town's Greek community, hit by shells in 1877 and in 1944.
It tells the story of Calafat's Greeks, of the wars fought on the Danube and of the family Henri Coandă descended from.
Aproape de faleză, la circa 400 m de centru