It's free of charge and you feel good to thing that that is your anchestor. I have seen it from the Danube and near it, on the highway. You have a big parcking space for your car, and then you can stay and admire the view, take pictrures and buy a fridge magnet or a souvenir.
A huge "in situ" statue of Decebalus, king of Dacia, facing Tabula Traiana on the serbian shore. The statue is impressive, but, in my oppinion, the Danube Valley in the gorges is more spectacular than this statue. It's a must see attraction because of it's uniqueness, but one must continue the journey through this splendid region in order to get the full package of the attraction.
It can be visited by car, less than 20 kilometers from Orsova or by boat. It is the biggest rock sculpture in Europe and it represents the most famous Dacian king that fought the Roman wars. It took over seven years to finish (1995-2001) and over one million dollars, financed by the billionaire Iosif Constantin Dragan. Notice that the nose and mustache are enforced with concrete and the hat is not finished completely.
If you reach by car this place (18 Km from Orsova), don't miss the chance for a Boat-Ride (25 RON) with this nice guy (Flavian) born here. You will not be disappointed.
there is nothing to see. a rich man decided to remind about dacs roots but the result is a kitch.you can only see it from the danube, from a boat althought there are some cars stopping there but the perspective is not great.you can see the falling nose.
The view on the huge rock statue is brilliant.A trip on the Danube river is a must as well if you get there.
The most horrible kitsch you can ever see.Under the face of Decebalus there is a Latin inscription which reads "DECEBALUS REX—DRAGAN FECIT" ("King Decebal—Made by Drăgan"). Oh, the irony...
It's a nice pit stop on the cruise along Cazanele Mari. Also a cool place to take photos. The interesting thing is that the sculpture is surrounded by nature. So the nature is in the spotlight for now.
For a sculpture that took ten years to complete and cost a lot of money the end result is not even a similarity of King Decebalus. While Dragon, who commissioned and paid for the work and obviously very well off did not have the sculpture made in his image there are a lot who make this claim. The other scenery along the Danube is much more interesting but if you are there you will want to still view this ugly sculpture to have the full package.
We travelled through the Serbian side of the Danube, only to pull the car over and look down on the marvellous sculpture that is now known to us as 'King Decebalus'. We are honest people, so we can safely admit we didn't know about this piece of history before this journey. So you can imagine our delight when stumbling upon this art, surrounded by natural road, water and landscape.So now we travel across the border to view from Rom, but the statue is about 17km past Orșova, so not sure if it's a valid address. But still not gonna try and steal its thunder even though it was raining lightly! Also just as great view being only a few metres away, lovely added bonus of seeing the Mraconia Monastery, even though we couldn't go inside as we were too late.Fully agreed with a previous comment, in saying the statue must be viewed from both countries so that you can realise what geography and history is all about..