The homage of Prof. Dragan

Today, after 2000 years, the great Dacian king continues to watch over the borders of the lands he defended until his death. A few kilometers from Orsova, on the banks of the Danube, a majestic, monumental Decebalus looks across time.

His gaze is turned towards the place where the Romans once made their way into the rock to get from the Yugoslavian bank of the Danube to the heart of Dacia, as attested by the Tabula Traiana, a commemorative table executed by order of Emperor Trajan, to mark the march of his legions and to commemorate the victories over the Dacian kingdom in the year 105 AD

It is a monument to stubbornness, audacity, and pride.

A tribute to the last Dacian king by Prof. Dr. Iosif Constantin Dragan. A successful industrialist and man of culture, but also a passionate historian and assiduous researcher of the history of Romanians, Giuseppe Costantino Dragan firmly believe in the theory, according to which the “primary home of civilization” was located on the ancient territory of Romania; from here, civilization extended to the territories of the Sumerians, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, to the north to Scandinavia and the west to the ancient regions of Germany and Britain. His studies, confirmed by important specialists from the major universities in the world, describe the Thracians as legitimate successors of the great Pelasgic Empire, from which not only the Geto-Dacians came, but also the Trojans, the Etruscans, the Hittites, and the Macedonians.

It is a monument to stubbornness, audacity, and pride.

A tribute to the last Dacian king by Prof. Dr. Iosif Constantin Dragan. A successful industrialist and man of culture, but also a passionate historian and assiduous researcher of the history of Romanians, Giuseppe Costantino Dragan firmly believe in the theory, according to which the “primary home of civilization” was located on the ancient territory of Romania; from here, civilization extended to the territories of the Sumerians, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, to the north to Scandinavia and the west to the ancient regions of Germany and Britain. His studies, confirmed by important specialists from the major universities in the world, describe the Thracians as legitimate successors of the great Pelasgic Empire, from which not only the Geto-Dacians came, but also the Trojans, the Etruscans, the Hittites, and the Macedonians.

The rock, 128 meters high, located in the area of ​​the rapids of Cazanele Mici, where the Danube has the greatest depth, equal to 120 m., was chosen by Giuseppe Costantino Dragan in 1985. The works began, however, eight years later, in 1993. In the end, the face of Decebal Rex was born from the rock of the mountain, a remarkable monument, unique in the world.

The invincible king Decebalus, who preferred to take his own life rather than lay down his arms at the feet of the Roman emperor, deserves a place of honor in the landscape of this country, which he defended with stubbornness, audacity, and pride. Emperor Trajan himself was able to appreciate the pride of the Dacian king, dedicating Trajan’s Column in Rome to the bloody battles he waged against him. After all, Trajan can be considered the heir of Decebalus, said Giuseppe Costantino Dragan, creator, and financier of the monument.

Decebalus looks at us and watches over us from the rock of the mountain, on the border of the territories where he reigned, fought, and died. His face shows stubbornness, dignity, and pride, the features are expressive, the gaze straight, penetrating, and acute, everything in him suggests great firmness … He is the face of a great king-hero in the history of the Romanians – Decebalus Rex.

Decebal Rex

It is a symbol, but also an exhortation transmitted to us by Giuseppe Costantino Dragan.

“Those who travel to “Decebalus Rex Dragan Fecit” go to the origin of European civilization and will discover that a united Europe represents the natural course of history.”

Prof. Dr. Iosif Constantin Dragan