Dunavăţ two towns bearing the same name: Dunavatu Dunavatu Upper and Lower, at a distance of about 2.5 km apart, located on the right arm of St. George, belonging to the village Murighiol.
Near the village of Upper Dunavatu, Roman remains were discovered of the settlement Halmyris, surname and Lake Razim period. The population of these two settlements is mostly of Ukrainian origin, coming from Zaporozhye, following the persecutions of the autocratic
regime of Catherine II
The ancestors of current residents were the Cossacks, who in their wanderings and settled in these places welcoming
Cossacks, descendants of these groups are still location-ity of the population and represents a challenge for sub-project team will complete a minimuzeu and minimonografie Dunavăţul to prove that the Netherlands still retains the characteristic feature of the
Cossack villages.