A replica of a Roman-era boat that once plied the Danube from Germany to the Black Sea estuary crosses Hungary this week, stopping in the Hungarian capital of Budapest on its journey.
The Danuvia Alacris is crewed by volunteers in Roman tunics and the expedition is part of an EU-funded project to raise awareness of the region’s Roman past.
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Based on the remains of Roman shipwrecks discovered in the German city of Mainz, the Friedrich-Alexander University built the replica of the 4th-century Roman Danube ship using oak wood.
“Living Danube Limes” is a transnational project with 10 Danube countries working together to transform the former Roman “Limes” – the border line of the Roman Empire, which takes its name from the Latin word for border – into a new common cultural bond in the middle make and South East Europe.