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== Tabula Traiana == {{unreferenced section|date=March 2023}} [[File:Trajanova tabla.tif|thumb|upright=1.4|Tabula Traiana and road, near [[Kladovo]], [[Serbia]], 1930s]] A Roman memorial plaque ("''Tabula Traiana''"), 4 metres wide and 1.75 metres high, commemorating the completion of Trajan's [[Roman road|military road]] is located on the Serbian side facing Romania near Ogradina, 29 km west of the bridge. In 1972, when the [[Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station]] was built (causing the water level to rise by about 35 m), the plaque was moved from its original location, and lifted to the present place. It reads: :IMP. CAESAR. DIVI. NERVAE. F<br>NERVA TRAIANVS. AVG. GERM<br>PONTIF MAXIMUS TRIB POT IIII <br>PATER PATRIAE COS III<br>MONTIBVS EXCISI(s) ANCO(ni)BVS<br>SVBLAT(i)S VIA(m) F(ecit) The text was interpreted by [[Otto Benndorf]] to mean: :Emperor Caesar son of the divine [[Nerva]], Nerva Trajan, the [[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]], [[List of Imperial Roman victory titles|Germanicus]], [[Pontifex Maximus]], invested for the fourth time as [[Tribune]], [[Pater Patriae|Father of the Fatherland]], [[Consul]] for the third time, excavating mountain rocks and using wood [[Beam (structure)|beams]] has made this road. The Tabula Traiana was declared a ''[[Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)|Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance]]'' in 1979, and is protected by the [[Republic of Serbia]]. === Relocation === [[File:Traian's Table (Tabula Traiana).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The relocated Tabula Traiana. The inscription TABULA TRAIANA is modern.]] When the plan for the future hydro plant and its reservoir was made in 1965, it was clear that numerous settlements along the banks would be flooded in both Yugoslavia and Romania, and that historical remains, including the plaque, would also be affected. [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] urged for the plaque to be preserved and the government accepted the motion. The enterprise entrusted with the task of relocation was the mining company "[[Venčac]]" as its experts previously participated in the relocation of the [[Abu Simbel]] temple in [[Egypt]].<ref name=magazin1>{{cite news | author = Mikiša Mihailović | title = Спасавање Трајанове табле | trans-title = Preservation of the Tabula Traiana | newspaper = Politika-Magazin, No. 1130 | pages = 22–23 | language = sr | date = 26 May 2019}}</ref> First idea was to leave the plaque at its position and to build the [[Caisson (engineering)|caisson]] around it but the calculations showed this would not work. The idea of cutting the plaque in several smaller pieces in order to be moved was abandoned due to the quality of the rock of which it was made. The proposition of lifting it with the floating elevator "[[Veli Jože]]" was discarded, too. The motion of cutting the table in one piece and placing it somewhere else was rejected as the plaque would lose its authenticity.<ref name=magazin1/> In the end it was decided to dig in a new bed into the rock {{convert|22|m|abbr=on}} above the plaque's original location. The plaque was then cut in one piece with the parts of the surrounding rock and road. After being cut with the cable saws, the 350 tons heavy chunk was lifted to the new bed. Works began in September 1967 and were finished in 1969.<ref name=magazin1/>
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