Golubac
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Golubac Голубац |
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Town Center
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 Location of the municipality of Golubac within Serbia |
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| Coordinates: 44°39′N 21°38′E / 44.650°N 21.633°ECoordinates: 44°39′N 21°38′E / 44.650°N 21.633°E | ||
| Country |
 Serbia
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| Region | Southern and Eastern Serbia | |
| District | Braničevo | |
| Settlements | 24 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Zoran Pajkic | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 368 km2 (142 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011 census) | ||
| • Town | 1,655 | |
| • Municipality | 8,161 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 12223 | |
| Area code | +381 12 | |
| Car plates | PO | |
| Climate | Cfb | |
| Website | www |
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Golubac (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубац, pronounced [ɡǒlubats]) is a village and municipality located in the Braničevo District of the eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right side of the Danube river. It is bordered by Romania to the east, Veliko Gradište to the west and Kučevo to the south. The population of the village is 1,655 and the population of the municipality is 8,161.
In Serbian, the town is known as Golubac (Голубац), in Romanian as Golumbacu Mare or Columbaci, in Hungarian as Galambóc, in German as Taubenberg and in Turkish as Güvercinlik which means "dovecote." The name Golubac is derived from golub, which is Serbian for "pigeon" or "dove," and is therefore often translated as "the town of doves."
Its historical names were Columbria, in Latin,as a contraction of (castrum) Columbaria that means city of pigeons (Latin: Columba, Greek: kòlymbos), and as a city derived from Cuppae during pre-Roman times.
It was a stronghold called Cuppae during Roman and Early Byzantine times (1-6th century) and turned into a city (Columbria) in 554/5 AD.
Due to many nearby archeological sites and the Đerdap national park, the village is a popular tourist, fishing and sailing destination.
The archeological sites include the remnants of one of Roman Emperor Trajan's tables near Trajan's Bridge, found along his road through the Danube's Iron Gates; and the Roman fortress Diana. Golubac fortress, 4 km downstream, is from the 14th century and also of interest. The fortress was the scene of a battle against the Turks in 1428, where the Polish knight Zawisza Czarny was captured and executed by the Turks.
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