The ruined fortification of Halmyris, a memento from the Roman times that was built after the conquest of Dacia by the armies of Trajan in 106 AD. Halmyris was built to watch over the mouth of the Danube - from the St. George branch- indeed 2000 years ago the Danube met the see only 2 km from where today the ruins are - so it was a port also and near it a fishing village was flourishing. Nowadays the excavation is in poor shape - the majority of the dog site and the walls are covered in weed - once again proving that we don't know how to care about our heritage and history. The custodian - who spent 20+ years of his life excavating Halmyris - was great , told us a lot about the history of the place and its importance in history. As said built in 2nd century AD , was used by the Romans, it was providing support for the fortification at Noviodunum (currently Isaccea) and here the remains of 2 Christian martyrs were found (Astion and Epictet - the oldest remains of martyrs discovered in Europe) executed by their believes in the 2nd century. The romans - either from Rome either form Byzantium (later) owned the fortress , than the Huns came and the fortification was under the Huns rule from 434 and 453 AD (Attila's empire was ranging from the Caspian sea to the Atlantic ocean). After the Hun empire met its demise after the death if Attila the fortress changed hands again and remained under Byzantine rule until the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire until its fall in 1453 - when Byzantium was conquered by the Turks. In the medieval times the fortress has lost its purpose the mouth of the Danube moved already with 10+ km away form the city , the port of Halmyris was silted ... so slowly by surely the ruins were covered with silt and weeds. In the modern times the city was excavated, work is far from complete, but it is very interesting as it is - the custodian will tell you a great deal about the place, so if you are in the area I do recommend you stop here - it is definitely worth it.

Maybe in few years, when they will uncover more or recondition some areas, but as of now nothing to see.