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Citadel Orgame / Argamum – Jurilovca commune, 7 km from Jurilovca village, at the point named “Dolojman”, “Doloşman” or “Cetatea”. The archaeological investigations, made here in 1926 - 1932 and since 1965 until now without pause, permitted the unearthing of some important monuments and the sketching of the fortress’ history for more than 12 centuries of functioning. The fortress, first locality from nowadays territory of Romania mentioned in an ancient source (Hecataios, Periegesis), was founded at the middle of VII B.C. by the Greeks from Small Asia, with at least a generation before Istros/Histria fortress, in a zone with inhabitancy traces from the Bronze Age and from the first period of the Iron Age. The archaic period is represented by an impressive funeral complex, part of the fortress necropolis, belonging to an important person from the first generation of colonists, inhabitancy traces in the eastern part of the cliff, two manufactured ovens for ceramic; the classical period is illustrated by a segment of the precinct wall, buildings and ovens situated towards the head of the promontory, groups of tumular graves associated on familial criteria in the fortress necropolis; the Later Greeks epoch and the Early Roman epoch are represented by some vestiges kept on the argamens plateau, beyond the defence system of the Roman-Byzantine fortress. In the Roman epoch and Roman-byzantine epoch, the historical sources register the name of the fortress in the alternatives Argamum and Ergamia. The Roman-byzantine fortress had a surface of about 2.6 ha, a shape apparently triangular with 8 towers, six buttresses (bulwarks) and two main gates – on the westerh and southern sides, and two small gates on the southern side. The defence system contained, beyond the precinct, two earth walls with groove. Inside the fortress a series of public and private buildings from V –VI A.D. has been investigated and partially restored: “praetorium”, basilica with three naves and chapel (conventionally named basilica nr.3), basilica from the central sector (basilica 2), the biggest of the argamens basilicas, basilica with a single nave (basilica 1), dwellings and a part of the streets system. A fourth basilica, with small dimensions, with a single nave, has been discovered at about 1.3 km from the Western Gate, on the summit of a hill 50 m altitude. The Roman-Byzantine necropolis of the fortress occupied the zone anterior inhabited (I B.C. - IV A.D), outside of the defence system.

In front of Orgame/Argamum fortress, at about 2.5 km through east, on the isle Bisericuţa, a Roman-Byzantine fortification and inhabitancy traces from the Early Middle Age are present.


Lipovans traditional architecture - The dwelling is perpendicular on the road. The short side with the veranda is placed directly in the street. The fence begins with this veranda. There are two alternatives: the secondary façade to the street presents veranda and pillars or no. The roof shape presents also two alternatives: one “in two shapes” specific to the area and one having the gable cut at the superior part. Decorations are typical for Slavs: sun rays, mermaid (a fine representation of waters’ spirit in Slave mythology). Doors and windows, with their lathed parts, have often decorating role too.


Church festival – “Sfânta Paraschiva” – The ceremony which take place on the 14th of October, is well kept both the liturgical one and that which follows the mass. Each sequence of the ceremony reminds ancient religious practices, even their significance is lost. Women cook Lipovan traditional plates and the traditional gastronomy is entirely original. The most known plates which characterise the Lipovan cooking are: cabbage sour soup, cabbage with rise, varenichi (triangular dumplings) with cabbage, cheese, pumpkin, fish jelly, salted dry fish, salted uncooked fish, pampuschi (cheese cakes).
It is an occasion to wear the traditional costume which stands out by its chromatic. Strong shades are used: red, blue, green, pink. Some clothes are changed, others kept their look: rubaşca - mens’ shirt, pois - belt worn by both men and women.