Topalu

Topalu
Commune
Topalu
Location of Topalu
Coordinates: 44°33′0″N 28°3′0″E / 44.55000°N 28.05000°E / 44.55000; 28.05000Coordinates: 44°33′0″N 28°3′0″E / 44.55000°N 28.05000°E / 44.55000; 28.05000
Country  Romania
County Constanța County
Status Commune
Component villages Topalu, Capidava
Government
 • Mayor Valentin Stanciu[1] (National Liberal Party)
Area
 • Total 79.29 km2 (30.61 sq mi)
Population (2011[2])
 • Total Decrease1,708
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Website http://www.primariatopalu.ro

Topalu is a commune located on the right bank of the Danube in Constanța County, Dobruja, Romania.

Administration

The commune includes two villages:

  • Topalu (historical name: Turkish: Topal)
  • Capidava (historical names: Calichioi, Turkish: Kaleköy)

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Topalu had 1,707 Romanians (99.94%), 1 others (0.06%).[2]

History

Capidava on Tabula Peutingeriana (upper center)

Tabula Peutingeriana

Capidava is depicted in the form Calidava/Calidaua in Segmentum VIII of Tabula Peutingeriana (1st-4th century AD) on a Roman road between Axiopolis and Carsium.[3][4] The map provides accurate data on the distances between Axiopolis, Capidava and Carsium. These distances coincide with the distances between the present localities of Hinog - Capidava and Capidava - Hârșova. This is also verified by the discovery of military marking pillar at Seimenii Mici that indicates the distance of 18,000 feet (27 km) from Axiopolis to Capidava.[5]

Ancient times

Ruins of the Geto-Dacian fortress Capidava

The village Capidava is the site of the fortified Geto-Dacian center with the same name, Capidava.

After the Roman conquest of Dacia it became a Roman city and castra in the province of Scythia Minor (modern Dobruja).

Etymology

Capidava is a Getic toponym, meaning the "curve fortified settlement".[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Rezultate finale în judeţul Constanţa. Iată care sunt noii primari din judeţ!" (in Romanian). Ziua de Constanța. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Tabula Peutingeriana, Segmentum VIII,3.
  4. ↑ Olteanu, Toponyms.
  5. 1 2 Capidava cIMeC.

References

Ancient

  • Anonymous (1-4th century AD). Tabula Peutingeriana (in Latin). Check date values in: |year= (help)

Modern

  • Florescu, Radu; Manea, Florentina. Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Irina; Bor, Corina, eds. "Capidava". Bucharest, Romania: Institute for Cultural Memory (Institutul de Memorie Culturală) - cIMeC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  • Olteanu, Sorin. "Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum - Toponyms Section". Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesorum (in Romanian and English). Archived from the original on 3 January 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2010.

Further reading

  • Florescu, Radu; Manea, Florentina. Oberländer-Târnoveanu, Irina; Bor, Corina, eds. "Capidava". Bucharest, Romania: Institute for Cultural Memory (Institutul de Memorie Culturală) - cIMeC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  • Grumeza, Ion (2009). Dacia: Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe. Hamilton Books. ISBN 0-7618-4465-1. The shores of the Danube were well monitored from the Dacian fortresses Acidava, Buricodava, Dausadava (the shrine of the wolves), Diacum, Drobeta (Turnu Severin), Nentivava (Oltenita), Suvidava (Corabia), Tsirista, Tierna/Dierna (Orsova) and what is today Zimnicea. Downstream were also other fortresses: Axiopolis (Cernadova), Barbosi, Buteridava, Capidava(Topalu), Carsium(Harsova), Durostorum(Silistra), Sacidava/Sagadava (Dunareni) along with still others...
  • Early Byzantine Capidava
  • Official Capidava Archaeological Site
  • Official Capidava Fortress Site at Constanţa County Council
  • Capidava at Encyclopedia Dacica
  • Capidava at Turism Constanţa hosted by The Public Office for Tourism, Commerce and Public Services, part of the Constanţa County Council
  • Capidava hosted by the Romanian National Institute of Historical Monuments
  • Capidava article at ziare.com
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