Danube River

The river Danube is the second longest river in Europe after the Volga.  This river rises on the Black Forest mountains of western Germany and ends on the Black Sea; it passes trhough ten countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croacia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. Danube measures 2850 kilometres. Its waters served as a vital comercial highway between nations. Also, the river’s majesty has been celebrated in music, for example, the famous waltz An der schönen, blauen Donau by Johann Strauss the Younger.

PICTURES:

Early evening view of Budapest with the building of Hungarian Parliament, Chain-bridge and Gellért-hill.

23 April 2010

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Ivanhoe

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File:Panorama of Danube in Vienna.jpg. (2019, January 13). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 08:34, Maty 23, 2019 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Panorama_of_Danube_in_Vienna.jpg&oldid=334685946.

File:Danubemap.png. (2015, January 15). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 08:35, May 23, 2019 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Danubemap.png&oldid=146588937.

Danube River, Enciclopedia Britanicca, Inc., Patricia Garland Pinka and Peter Georgiev Penčev, May 23, 2019, from https://www.britannica.com/place/Danube-River.