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326 places in Romania.

Agapia Monastery

Moldavia

The Agapia Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Agapia) is a Romanian Orthodox nunnery located 9 km west of Târgu Neamț, in the commune of Agapia, Neamț County. It was built between 164…

Arbore Church

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

The Arbore Church (Romanian: Biserica Arbore) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery church in Arbore Commune, Suceava County, Romania. Built in 1502 by Luca Arbore, and dedicated to the…

Biertan fortified church

Fortified churches of Transylvania

The Biertan fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Biertan; German: Kirchenburg von Birthälm) is a Lutheran fortified church in Biertan (German: Birthälm), Sibiu Coun…

Biserica Neagră

Town churches

The Black Church (Romanian: Biserica Neagră, German: Die Schwarze Kirche, Hungarian: Fekete templom), stands in the city of Brașov in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was bu…

Cetățuia Monastery

Moldavia

The Cetățuia Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Cetățuia) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located at 1 Cetățuia Street in Iași, Romania. The monastery is listed in the National Regi…

Church on the Hill (Sighișoara)

Town churches

The Church on the Hill (Romanian: Biserica din Deal, German: Bergkirche) is an architecturally significant church located in Sighişoara, Mureș County in Romania. This church is the…

Cozia Monastery

Wallachia and Oltenia

Cozia Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Cozia) is one of the most important medieval monastic complexes in Romania, located on the right bank of the Olt River near the town of Călimă…

Curtea de Argeș Cathedral

Wallachia and Oltenia

The Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș (early 16th century) is a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania. It is located on the grounds of the Curtea de Argeș Monastery, a…

Densuș Church

Town churches

The Densuș Church (also known as St Nicholas' Church) in the village of Densuș, Hunedoara County is the oldest Orthodox stone church in Romania. Up to the 15th century it was part …

Doh Church

Măeriște

church building in Măeriște, Romania

Horezu Monastery

Wallachia and Oltenia

The Horezu Monastery or Hurezi Monastery was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of Horezu, Wallachia, Romania. It is considered to be a masterpiece of "Br…

Humor Monastery

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

Humor Monastery located in Mănăstirea Humorului, about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului, Romania. It is a monastery for nuns dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, or T…

Igriș Abbey

Sânpetru Mare

Igriș Abbey is a church in Romania.

Maria Radna

Arad County

heritage site in Arad County, Romania

Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași

Moldavia

The Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană din Iași), located at 16 Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt Boulevard, Iași, Romania, is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox…

Moldovița Monastery

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

The Moldovița Monastery (Romanian: Mânăstirea Moldovița) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery situated in the commune of Vatra Moldoviței, Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania. The Monast…

Neamț Monastery

Moldavia

The Neamț Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Neamț) is a Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania. It was built in the 15th …

Ocol Church

Vrancea County

heritage site in Vrancea County, Romania

Prejmer fortified church

Fortified churches of Transylvania

The Prejmer fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Prejmer; German: Kirchenburg von Tartlau) is a Lutheran fortified church in Prejmer (Tartlau), Brașov County, in th…

Probota Monastery

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

Probota Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Probota) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Probota village, Dolhasca town, Suceava County, Romania. Built in 1530, with Peter IV Rareș as …

Putna Monastery

Moldavia

The Putna monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Putna) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery (one of the most important cultural religious and artistic centers established in medieval Moldavi…

Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral

Bucharest

The Romanian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral (also known as the Metropolitan Church) is a functioning religious and civic landmark, on Dealul Mitropoliei, in Bucharest, Romania. It …

Saint Parascheva Church

Maramureș County

Romanian Orthodox church in Poienile Izei Commune, Maramureș County, Romania

Saschiz fortified church

Fortified churches of Transylvania

The Saschiz fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Saschiz; German: Kirchenburg von Keisd) is a Lutheran fortified church in Saschiz (Keisd), Mureș County, in the Tra…

Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral

Town churches

The Lutheran Cathedral of Saint Mary (German: Evangelische Stadtpfarrkirche in Hermannstadt, Romanian: Biserica Evanghelică din Sibiu) is the most famous Gothic-style church in Sib…

Sici Church

Pericei

church building in Pericei, Romania

Sinaia Monastery

Wallachia and Oltenia

The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount…

Snagov Monastery

Wallachia and Oltenia

The Snagov Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Snagov), also known as the Vlad Țepeș Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Vlad Țepeș) is a medieval monastery and important historical monume…

St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca

Town churches

The St. Michael's Church (Romanian: Biserica Sfântul Mihail, Hungarian: Szent Mihály-templom, German: Michaelskirche) is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic church in Cluj-Napoca. It is …

Stavropoleos Monastery

Bucharest

Stavropoleos Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Stavropoleos), also known as Stavropoleos Church (Romanian: Biserica Stavropoleos) during the last century when the monastery was disso…

Sucevița Monastery

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

Sucevița Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox convent situated in the Northeastern part of Romania. It is situated near the Suceviţa River, in the village Sucevița, 18 km away from the…

Săpânța-Peri Monastery

Wooden churches of Maramureș

The church of Archangel Michael in Săpânța-Peri from the village of Săpânța in the region of Maramureș, Romania is the tallest wooden church in the world. A representative of the c…

Trei Ierarhi Monastery

Moldavia

Mănăstirea Trei Ierarhi (Monastery of the Three Hierarchs) is a seventeenth-century monastery located in Iași, Romania. The monastery is listed in the National Register of Historic…

Valea Viilor fortified church

Fortified churches of Transylvania

The Valea Viilor fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Valea Viilor; German: Kirchenburg von Wurmloch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Valea Viilor (Wurmloch), Sib…

Viscri fortified church

Fortified churches of Transylvania

The Viscri fortified church (Romanian: Biserica fortificată din Viscri; German: Kirchenburg von Deutsch-Weisskirch) is a Lutheran fortified church in Viscri (Deutsch-Weisskirch), B…

Voroneț Monastery

Painted monasteries of Moldavia

The Voroneț Monastery is a medieval monastery in the Romanian village of Voroneț, now a part of the town Gura Humorului. It is one of the famous painted monasteries from southern B…