The mythical port of Sulina

Collection title

Mythical ports of the Mediterranean

ID

COP00044

Source

COPEAM (IT)

First broadcast date

2009

Production year

2009

Abstract

We are on the Black Sea rather than on the Mediterranean Sea, but it is a sea so similar. Built in the Delta of the Danube, Sulina is considered as a opening of Romania on the sea. The establishment of the headquarters of the Danube Commission in 1865 ( until 1939), one of the effects of the Crimean War ( 1853 -1856 ), propelled the small fishing port to the foreground. The communist era added a bit of industry, including a fish cannery. Then, the city declined with the fall of communism. Nowadays, Salina has only about 5000 inhabitants, abandoned buildings and a great deal of nostalgia.

Type

audio

Production companies

• COPEAM - Coproduction
• RNI - Coproduction

Primary theme

Main harbours

Credits / Cast

• Popov Andrei - Journalist
• Taroi Ileana - Journalist

Period of events

• 2009

Map locations

• Italy - Centre - Rome

Original language

French

Media running time

7m0

Additional information