Curtea de Arges Monastery

The Monastery of Curtea de Arges is one of the most famous buildings

in Romania. Founded in the time of voivode Neagoe Basarab, between

1512 and 1517, the monastery resembles a very large and elaborate

mausoleum, built in Byzantine style, with Moorish arabesques. Inside

the church, the visitor’s attention is captured by the mural paintings

in oil, made by the French painters F. Nicolle and Ch. Renouard and by

the Romanian painter N. Constantinescu from Curtea de Arges, and

especially by the group of the 12 columns representing the 12 Apostles.

Here are entombed the Romanian kings.

very nice

ps thanks for the interesting historical background

all the best,

Paul Coren

What a beautiful place, Elena, which you have captured so well! The color and light is "heavenly." The amount of detailed you've got in this shot is impressive.

It does lean a bit to the right, and if you fixed that, your photo would be absolutely superb, in my opinion.

Regards,

Maria