The festive opening of the Cernavodă bridge in the light of the Royal correspondence
Inaugurarea podului de la Cernavodă ilustrată în corespondența regală

Summary/Abstract: On September 14/26, 1895, the “King Carol I” bridge was inaugurated, in the presence of King Carol I of Romania, the royal family, the government, members of Parliament, etc. The bridge connects the Wallachian bank of the Danube with the Dobrogean one. The engineering monument is located 1 km from the city of Cernavoda (Constanța County), and its author is Eng. Anghel Saligny (1854-1925). In this study we present the events that took place at the time of the inauguration of the bridge, as they are described in a number of twelve letters and a telegram, but also by two Romanian newspapers, respectively "Monitorul Oficial" and "Constituționalul". The letters were written by King Carol I and Crown Princess Marie (the future Queen Maria of Romania), both witnesses to the historic event.

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