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The rock sculpture of Decebalus is a 42.9 m in height and 31.6 m in width carving in rock of the face of Decebalus, the last king of Dacia, who fought against the Roman emperors Domitian and Trajan to preserve the independence of his country, which corresponded to modern Romania. The sculpture was made between 1994 and 2004, on a rocky outcrop on the river Danube, at the Iron Gates, which form the border between Romania and Serbia. It is located near the city of Orșova in Romania. It is the tallest rock relief in Europe.


The sculpture was made between 1994 and 2004 by the artist Florin Cotarcea and financed by the businessman Iosif Constantin Dragan, a history buff and Dacian enthusiast. It is the largest rock sculpture in Europe and the sixth biggest statue in the world being over 40 meters high and 25 meters wide. The eyes are over 4 meters wide and the nose 7 meters high. Twelve people worked on this project and all in all they used over 1 ton of dynamite. Even after 10 years of work it is only 60 % completed, because Dragan died and there were no funds anymore. At the bottom of the sculpture there is an inscription which reads: “DECEBAL REX – DRAGAN FECIT”



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