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Church "St. Ioan the Theologian", located on Mihai Eminescu Street in Tulcea, was built by the Russian-Lipovian believers in 1868, in the Comorovca ​​district, after approval was obtained from the Ottoman administration. Architecturally, the place of worship has a pediment marking its entrance from the main facade. The spire is the vertical dominant that sits on the main vertical axis. Neoclassical elements also appear, such as columns and larger or smaller bosses of apparent masonry.

In 1846, with the establishment of the Lipovanian Metropolitanate from Fântâna Albă (Belaia Krinita), most of the persecuted Lipovanian Russians accepted the hierarchy and priests, with the exception of some groups that refused ordination, preferring to recruit their priests directly from Russia. In the north of Dobrogea, the strength of Lipovene spirituality under Ottoman rule is proven by the survival of the bishoprics of Slava and Tulcea, pastors of several churches built by "popovţi" (with priests) and "bezpopovţi" (without priests), as well as the two monasteries of old rite - Uspenia and Vovidenia. After 1917, the practice of bringing priests from Russia became almost impossible, due to the straining of Romanian-Russian relations in the context of the First World War, so that many Lipovene communities were left without shepherds of the faith. In the city of Tulcea, in the old Lipovan settlement on the Monument hill, there is the church dedicated to the "Ascension of the Lord" of the Orthodox believers of the old rite, also known as "staroveri" (of the old faith). On May 3, 1920, the site of this church was consecrated and the foundation stone was laid by diocesan bishop Nicodim, together with priest Vikul and deacon Ignatie. The construction of the church was carried out with the contribution of the Russian-Lipovian parishioners from the slum, who wanted to serve with a priest, and it lasted until the spring of 1921. But the construction works, until their completion, were stopped several times by the authorities local, due to the complaints received from the neighbors opposing the "St. Paraschiva" Church on Gloriai Street (built since 1857) or, as it was also called, "the church without a priest", now facing Novozâbkov, Russia. On May 23, 1921, the new "Ascension of the Lord" church was consecrated. The consecration service was attended by the eparchial bishop Nicodim together with two other bishops from Russia and a council of 9 priests and 6 deacons, as well as many believers from Tulcena and other localities. Since then, the church has been under the jurisdiction of the Old Rite Russian Orthodox Church in Romania, the direction of Fântâna Albă (currently in Ukraine), organized in a Metropolis based in Brăila - the Metropolis of the Old Rite Orthodox Church, officially recognized by the Romanian state from 1946.

The "St. Paraschiva" church on Gloriei street was built in 1857, with the contribution of the ancient rite Russian-Lipovian community and with the support of the Ottoman Empire. The church preserves in its archive the original act by which the high Ottoman authorities allowed the construction of this place, imposing exact dimensions (length 40, width 20 and height 28 cubits), in other words, not to be higher than the minaret of the mosque, but, at the same time, deciding the exclusive right of property and freedom of worship. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and especially the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks in Russia definitively interrupted the possibility of priests coming from Russia. This is probably the reason why some churches did not have an altar. Also from this period, the parishioners of the ancient rite churches began to be known as "bezpopovţi" (without a priest). An eloquent fact is the case of the Russian priest Alexandru, who was buried in 1886 in the yard of the "Saint Parascovia" Church in Tulcea. Currently, the church is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Metropolis of the Străvechi Rite.

The cathedral of Tulcea was built on the place where the Romanians from the village of Beștepe had built a small wooden church. The foundation stone of the current church was laid in 1862 by Metropolitan Dionisie of Durostorului, the inscription at the entrance stands as testimony: "This holy place with the patron Saint Hierarch Nicolae, from the city of Tulcea, was built in 1865, during the Turkish rule , next to the old church". The beautiful cathedral has a height of approximately 30m, being in the shape of a cross and following the Byzantine style with three towers. It is built of stone and brick, plastered on the outside, covered with galvanized sheet metal and painted in oil on the inside. The ceiling consists of 15 vaults, supported on 8 massive pillars, made of brick and stone. The painting in Renaissance style was executed in 1905-1906 by the painter-professor D. Marinescu, from the School of Fine Arts in Bucharest.

The "Buna Vestire" church was built between 1848-1854 during the time of Metropolitan Dionisie, with stone and mortar in the Greek neoclassical style, by the Greek community from Tulcea, based on the plan drawn up by the architect Ștefan Dopron. The current church was built on the site of an older wooden house dedicated to "St. Nicolae", the patron saint of Greek sailors and merchants who arrived in Tulcea after 1829. On the frontispiece of the bell tower, built of brick after 1900, supported by Ionic columns and dominated by the eye of Providence, was written: "With love, from your parishioners, Lord! ". The church was originally painted between 1854-1857.

Avramide House is a component of the Northern Dobrogean Cultural Heritage Museum Complex that belongs to the "Gavrilă Simion" Tulcea Eco-Museum Research Institute. This superb house, known among Tulceni as the House of Collections, was built at the end of the 19th century by Alexandru Avramide, of Greek ethnicity. This was a prosperous local entrepreneur, who owned several mills, workshops, various commercial premises, a sawmill, but also several agricultural areas. Alexandru Avramide is known to have arrived in the city of Tulcea in the middle of the 19th century, driven by a strong ambition and tenacity, which would later make him one of the richest people in the entire region. Around 1890, Avramide managed to bring two Italian craftsmen to the area, to whom he entrusted everything necessary to build the house he dreamed of as a symbol of the family's prosperity. From that moment and until the edifice became the most beautiful construction in the city, not much time passed. Located right in the center of the city of Tulcea, right next to the Church of Saint Nicholas, the house, considered luxurious, stood out especially for the rooms on the lower level. They are decorated with painted stucco, painted ceilings and benefit from doors in two wings, two main facades, and on one of them you can see an imposing staircase made of marble mosaic. After 1944, the house was transformed into the headquarters of the Greek Democratic Committee, and on November 14, 1949, the act was signed that created the "Danube Delta" Museum, which was officially opened only on May 1, 1950 The museum occupied two rooms in the entire building and had 872 complementary materials or objects in its heritage. Between 1952-1953, the School Inspectorate of Tulcea county carried out its activity in the same building. Because it was only in 1957 that the first reorganizations of the museum took place. From 1959, a special department of archeology and ethnography operated at the site of the building, but it was closed in 1962. Since 1964, when the aquarium tanks were built at the site of the building, together with the addition of a collection consisting of 1500 biological pieces , plus a voluminous herbarium, the house functioned in its complexity as a natural science museum. Recently the edifice was rehabilitated through a project called "Restoration and Rehabilitation of two heritage buildings from the municipality of Tulcea included in the regional tourist circuits" offering today, through a modern exhibition, the main historical elements of the city of Tulcea, but also of the family Avramides. Also here, various heritage objects from the collections of the Eco-Museum Research Institute "Gavilă Simion" Tulcea are perfectly displayed.

The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art in Tulcea is today housed in the former headquarters of the National Bank of Romania - Tulcea Agency. The building is one of the emblematic public edifices for the municipality, constituting, together with other constructions, valuable examples of the architecture of national forms. The construction is based on a project developed in 1924 and was erected during the interwar period (1924-1927), so at the end of the era of manifestation of the national trend in Romanian architecture. This public edifice can be considered a successful example of modern architecture, built on traditional values, which marked the first part of the 20th century. The heritage of the Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art reflects, through the diversity of the collections, a unique cultural model generated by the ethnic coexistence between Romanians and other populations. The approximately 8600 pieces make up an invaluable ethnographic fund decodable within the collections of folk art and folk wear, ethnography, industrial heritage and photo-document. The museum has recently been rehabilitated, renovated and reopened and delights visitors with its collections of erasers, metal vessels, carpets and Aromanian folk art.

The Art Museum of Tulcea is housed in a neo-classical building, built between 1863-1865, as the administrative palace of the Sangeac de Tulcea, then also called Conacul Pașei. After the entry of Dobrogea into the composition of the Romanian state, in 1878 it became the seat of the Prefecture of Tulcea County, with the County Court, the body of Portărei and the Court of Jury on the ground floor. Between 1950-1970, the Tulcea District People's Council functioned here. It finally became the seat of the Art Museum on August 23, 1982. In total, the museum has seven main collections: modern and contemporary painting (932 works), modern and contemporary sculpture (420 works), icons of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries (797 works), modern and contemporary graphics (4016 works), plates of engravings, unique in the country (400 works), oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries (311 pieces), decorative art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries (139 pieces). The core strength of the painting collection is represented by the works of the avant-garde period: Hans Mattis Teutsch, Max Hermann Maxy, Marcel Iancu, Corneliu Michăilescu, culminating with the 14 works (10 paintings, four graphics) signed by the well-known artist of universal renown, Victor Brauner (surrealist painter, sculptor and poet born in Piatra-Neamț). As for the rich statuary heritage of the museum, it consists of 420 modern and contemporary sculptures. The works of artists Ion Georgescu, Dimitrie Paciurea, Frederic Storck, Alexandru Călinescu, Oscar Han, Milița Petrașcu, Emilian Celine, Constantin Baraschi, Romul Ladea, Ion Jalea stand out for their special value.