Tabula Baross

The "written stone" or Tabula Baross (named after the Roman model) is found on the left bank of the Danube, on DN 57, approximately 10 km downstream from the town of Coronini.

The inscription is located on a rock in the Alibeg area (the place of origin of the village of Coronini - the former Pescari). It is about 10 m long and 7.5 m wide. The text is arranged on 11 lines in Hungarian and is written in capital letters.

Its translation into Romanian is as follows:

"The regularization of the Iron Gate and the other cataracts regulated by Article 26 of the Act of 1888 began under the reign of FRANCIS I, with Count IULIUS SZAPARY as Prime Minister and GABRIEL BELLUSY BAROSS as Minister of Commerce, on September 15, 1890. God's blessing to either on this commemorative plaque and on those who contributed to its erection."

The name of the inscription comes from the Minister of Commerce Bellusy Baross Gabor, who financed and was responsible for these works. The definitive solution to the navigation problems on the Danube in the Clisurii area was achieved nowadays by building the energy and navigation system at the Iron Gates between 1864 and 1971.