Iskar
The Iskar is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km, it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria. Originating as three forks in Balkan's highest mountain range Rila, the Iskar flows in a northern direction until its confluence with the Danube.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Golem Iskar”, “Ryeka Golyem Iskŭr”, and “Ryeka Golyemŭy Isker”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oescus and Castra Sucidava.
Oescus
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oescus, Palatiolon or Palatiolum was an important ancient city on the Danube river in Roman Moesia. It later became known as Ulpia Oescus. It lay northwest of the modern Bulgarian city of Pleven, near the village of Gigen. Oescus is situated 3 km southeast of Iskar.
Castra Sucidava
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Sucidava was a Dacian and Daco-Roman city situated in Corabia, Romania, on the north bank of the Danube. It developed from the 270s AD and especially after the construction of Constantine's Bridge the northern side of which it protected. Castra Sucidava is situated 4 km north of Iskar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gigen and Corabia.
Gigen
Village
Gigen is a village in northern Bulgaria, part of Gulyantsi Municipality, Pleven Province. It is located near the Danube River, opposite the Romanian town of Corabia. Gigen is situated 5 km southeast of Iskar.
Corabia
Town
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Corabia is a small Danube port located in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania, which used to be part of the now-dissolved Romanați County before World War II. Across the Danube from Corabia lies the Bulgarian village of Gigen. Corabia is situated 7 km northeast of Iskar.
Iskar
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Pleven, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Iskar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر إسكر”
- Armenian: “Իսկար”
- Asturian: “Ríu Iskar”
- Azerbaijani: “İskır çayı”
- Basque: “Iskar”
- Belarusian: “Іскыр”
- Belarusian: “Рака Іскыр”
- Bulgarian: “Iskar”
- Bulgarian: “Бели Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Искър / Iskar”
- Bulgarian: “Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Ѝскър”
- Bulgarian: “Леви Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Прав Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Река Искър”
- Bulgarian: “Черни Искър”
- Catalan: “Iskar”
- Catalan: “Iskr”
- Cebuano: “Iskŭr”
- Chinese: “伊斯克尔河”
- Chinese: “伊斯克爾河”
- Croatian: “Iskr”
- Czech: “Iskar”
- Czech: “Iskăr”
- Danish: “Iskar”
- Dutch: “Iskar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اسكر”
- Estonian: “Iskar”
- Estonian: “Iskăr”
- Estonian: “Iskǎr”
- Finnish: “Iskăr”
- French: “Iskar”
- French: “Isker”
- Georgian: “ისკირი”
- German: “Iskar”
- German: “Isker”
- German: “Oescus”
- German: “Oskios”
- German: “Skios”
- Gothic: “𐌴𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍃”
- Greek: “Ίσκαρ”
- Greek: “Οίσκος”
- Greek: “Σκίος”
- Hebrew: “איסקר”
- Hungarian: “Iszker”
- Irish: “Iskar”
- Italian: “Iskar”
- Italian: “Iskăr”
- Italian: “Isker”
- Japanese: “イスカル川”
- Japanese: “イスクル川”
- Korean: “이스커르강”
- Ladin: “Iskar”
- Latin: “Oescus”
- Latvian: “Iskara”
- Lithuanian: “Iskaras”
- Lithuanian: “Iskeras”
- Macedonian: “Искар”
- Mingrelian: “ისკირი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iskar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iskăr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iskar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iskăr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iskr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oescus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Искър”
- Norwegian: “Iskăr”
- Ossetian: “Искыр”
- Persian: “ایسکار”
- Polish: “Iskar”
- Polish: “Iskâr”
- Polish: “Iskyr”
- Portuguese: “Rio Iskar”
- Romanian: “Râul Iskăr”
- Russian: “Искыр”
- Serbian: “Iskar”
- Serbian: “Искар”
- Slovak: “Iskar”
- Slovak: “Iskăr”
- Slovenian: “Iskar”
- Slovenian: “Iskăr”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایسکار چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Iskar”
- Spanish: “Río Iskar”
- Swedish: “Iskar”
- Swedish: “Iskăr”
- Swedish: “Isker”
- Swedish: “Iskr”
- Swedish: “Iskur”
- Swedish: “Oescus”
- Turkish: “İskar Irmağı”
- Turkish: “İskar Nehri”
- Turkish: “İskar”
- Ukrainian: “Іскир”
- Venetian: “Fiume Iskar”
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