On the most eastern promontory, where lake Razelm meets lake Goloviţa, can be found the ancient settlement of Argamum (or Orgame).To reach the ruins, one passed through the village of Jurilovca, a fishing village founded by Lipovans in the beginning of the 19th century, and the departure point for Gura Portiţei resort . After a couple of kilometers of earth road the Argamum ruins can be seen.
The oldest inhabitants discovered in this place date back before the Thracian-Hallstatt culture. The history of the city spans over three thousand years (with short gaps), from the bronze age to the Byzantine era.
Argamum (with the The Small Church Island [Bisericuţa], nowadays situated a few kilometres away in the Razelm Lake) is the first settlement on the Romanian territory mentioned in an ancient document, by Hecataeus of Miletus : Orgame, a polis close to the Istru.
A definitive guide to the history of this settlement can be found (unfortunately only in romanian) here . And a history of the research (in romanian too) here. Also, romanian archaeology reports can be foud on the CIMEC site [97 & 98].
Here's also the location on Google Maps.
Some of my photos follow:
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