Ostrov, Constanţa

Ostrov
—  Commune  —
Ostrov
Location of Ostrov, Constanţa
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Constanţa County
Status Commune
Government
 • Mayor Niculae Dragomir (Social Democratic Party)
Area
 • Total 171.30 km2 (66.1 sq mi)
Population (2004)
 • Total 5,508
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.primariaostrov.ro/

Ostrov is a commune in Constanţa County, Romania.

The commune includes six villages:

Păcuiul lui Soare

The origin of the name Ostrov is Bulgarian, meaning "island". Păcuiul lui Soare is the name of a fortress on an island close to Ostrov. The ruins from the beginning of 8th century belong to the "Glorious Palace" of the First Bulgarian Khans on Danube and main base of the Bulgarian Danube fleet, as researchers suppose[1]. They found many Protobulgarian marks graved in the blocks of the stone masonry of fortress that build pretty similar to the imperial capital Pliska.[2] The stone graving text from the "Holy 40 martyrs column" found in Tarnovo indicate that the Great Khan Omurtag (?-831) built, maybe over Byzantine ruins, the medieval port and palace complex.[3]

References

  1. ^ Juhas, Petar. Turko-Bulgarians and Magyars. 
  2. ^ Vaklinov, Stancho (1981). Proto-Bulgarian Epigraphic Monumnets. Publishing House of the Fatherland Front Sofia. 
  3. ^ Beshevliev, Vesselin (1977). Formation of the Old-Bulgarian Culture. Naouka i Izkoustvo Publishing House Sofia. 

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Constanța County, Romania
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