  turnu mÄgurele () is a city in teleorman county, romania (in the informal region of wallachia). developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the olt river and the danube. ==geography== a ferry plies across the danube to the bulgarian city of nikopol. there are some vestiges of a roman bridge across the danube, built in 330 by constantine the great. it is built in the danube plain in a fertile land called burnas plain. at 4&nbsp;km south-west from it the river olt joins the danube. its medium altitude is 33&nbsp;m above sea level. ==history==  the name of the city means "hill tower" in romanian, in reference to the defense-wall tower of a fort built on the spot by byzantine emperor justinian i in 6th century (ruins of the facilities can still be seen). bulgarians maintained in this place a fortress named holavnik. the town was occupied by the ottoman empire in 1417, towards the end of prince mircea i's rule, and, like giurgiu and brÄila, constituted a kaza on the left bank of the danube. with short interruptions during the anti-ottoman rebellions of vlad iii the impaler and michael the brave, destroyed by iancu jianu's hajduks in their campaign against osman pazvantoÄlu and
BulgariaaRomania_border_crossings Cities_in_Romania Populated_places_in_Teleorman_County Populated_places_on_the_Danube Port_cities_and_towns_in_Romania