Modern Medgidia was built by the Ottoman administration on the place of the old Karasu beginning with 1856.

It was built as a planned city to accommodate refugees from the Crimean War and to serve as an economic hub for the central zone of Dobruja. The town was named in honour of the sultan Abdul Medjid, the Ottoman sovereign of the period. After the Russo-Turkish War (1877 1878), Northern Dobruja became part of Romania.
Location of Medgidia

Medgidia is located between the Danube and the Black Sea, 39 km far from Constana. The general aspect of the relief is that of a low plateau with a limestone structure, covered with thick deposits of loess. The natural resources in the area consist of limestone deposits and kaolin sand. The limestone structure of the earth permits a natural filtering of the groundwater.

cation of Medgidia municipality in the Constana County

Landmarks

The "Abdul Mejid" Mosque

Built in 1860 by the Ottoman Government, the mosque is an historic and architectural monument. It was named after the sultan Abdul Mejid - who reigned between 1839 and 1861. The mosque is served by an imam and a muezzin. The building respects the traditional form of the Muslim cultural placements, decorated in the interior with oriental ornaments and inscriptions in Arabic.

The "Saints Peter and Paul" Orthodox Church

The church was built in a Roman-Greek style and it was raised with the contribution of the local Christians on the ruins of a Roman castrum.

The Art Museum Lucian Grigorescu The Serbian Heroes' Monument

In 1926, Medgidia commemorated the heroism of the Serbian division which fought in Dobruja during the World War I by inaugurating a monument in its honor. With this occasion a ceremony was held with the participation of Romanian and Yugoslavian officials; wreaths were laid at the base of the monument by the Serbian and Romanian royal families. It was opened in 1964 with exhibitions of Romanian contemporary painting, sculpture, and graphics, signed Lucian Grigorescu, Marius Bunescu, Ion Jalea and others. The permanent exhibition takes in classic and modern artworks but also works of contemporary art classics: Lucian Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Francisc irato, tefan Dumitrescu, Iosif Iser. The museum also displays a collection of ceramic artworks. In 1991 the museum was named after Lucian Grigorescu, a town native, who was deemed as the most Latin among the Romanian painters. The city honors the painter every year on the 1st of February, the anniversary of his birthday.

Medgdia Railway Station

Medgdia Stadium

Stadium Hotel

Bridge

References
1. Tatian IORGA - Medgidia a aniversat 151 de ani (03 Septembrie 2007 ) www.telegrafonline.ro 2. www.google.ro for images

Team
Peteu Nataa profesor ndrumtor Gemil Enis elev