Ada Kaleh was a small island
on the Danube populated mostly by Turks that was submerged during the
construction of the Iron Gates hydroelectric plant in 1970. The island was
about 3 km downstream from Orşova and measured 1.75 by 0.4–0.5 km.
The isle of Ada Kaleh is probably the most evocative
victim of the Iron Gate dam's construction. Once an Ottoman Turkish exclave, it
had a mosque and numerous twisting alleys, and was known as a free port and a
smuggler's nest.
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