Drobeta

Drobeta is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

Species

Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin]; Latin: Drobeta; Hungarian: Szörényvár, Szörénytornya; Bulgarian: Северин; Serbian: Дробета-Турн Северин/Drobeta-Turn Severin) is a city in Mehedinţi County, Oltenia, Romania, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron Gates.

The city administers three villages: Dudașu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei. The city's population is 86,475 (2011), up from 18,628 in 1900.

Geography and climate

It is situated in western Oltenia, at the edge of the Topolnița depression, 220 km south-east of Timişoara, 113 km west of Craiova and 353 km west of Bucharest.

The region's climate gives Severin warm summers and mild winters, meaning the city is home to magnolia trees, Caucasian nut trees, and gingko biloba as well as the almond trees, figs, lilacs, lindens, and chestnut trees more common throughout Europe. The climate in the region can be classified as a "sub-Mediterranean climate".

Etymology

The city was originally linked by historians with the Roman Empereor Severus, however its name is derived from Old Church Slavonic severno ("northern"), from sěverъ, "north", being the "city of the north". The name of Turnu ("Tower") refers to a tower on the north bank of the Danube built by the Byzantines.

Drobeta (disambiguation)

Drobeta (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta]) can refer to: