Lom

Lom stands where the Lom River meets the Danube, on the southern bank of the great waterway. In Roman times a settlement called Almus lay on the road following the river. Under Ottoman rule the later town was known as Lom Palanka, a small port whose name appeared in records in 1704. As Danube shipping expanded after 1830, the town's importance grew. In 1837 the Austrian steamship Árpád called at Lom, bringing a new kind of vessel to its riverbank.