Isaccea Town

Isaccea is a small town in northern Tulcea County, set on hills on the right bank of the Danube, about 35 km north-west of the city of Tulcea. It lies on the E87 (DN22) road between Tulcea and Galați or Brăila. The villages of Revărsarea and Tichilești also belong to the town. About 2 km east of the town lies the fortress of Noviodunum, a base of the Roman fleet on the Lower Danube and an important town until the Ottoman conquest at the beginning of the 15th century. In the last years of the 13th century Isaccea, then called Saqčy, was the centre of the Danube domain of Nogai, one of the most powerful commanders of the Golden Horde. After the War of Independence of 1877 and 1878 it became part of Romania together with northern Dobruja. The town has two historic monuments: the Mahmud Yazîcî Mosque, at 19 1 Decembrie Street, built at the end of the 18th century, and the Orthodox Church of Saint George, at 1 Vlad Țepeș Street, built in 1862 on the site of an older church that had belonged to the Greeks and, before them, to the Armenians. The Noviodunum site can be seen on the Danube bank east of the town. Cocoș Monastery lies about 6 km south of Isaccea, and Niculițel, with its Early Christian basilica and crypt, a few kilometres further on. The Mahmud Yazîcî Mosque is a historic monument of national importance (LMI code TL-II-m-A-06006), and the Church of Saint George a monument of local importance (LMI code TL-II-m-B-06007). The Noviodunum archaeological site has LMI code TL-I-s-A-05804. Did you know that a Golden Horde mint operated in Isaccea at the end of the 13th century? Silver and copper coins were struck here, some bearing the names of the Golden Horde khans and others, between 1296 and 1301, the names of Nogai and his son Čeke.