Curtea de Argeș Cathedral, Argeș County, Romania

Curtea de Argeș Cathedral

Argeș County, Romania

Curtea de Argeș Cathedral in Argeș County, Romania, is a stunning 16th-century Orthodox masterpiece built between 1512 and 1517 by Prince Neagoe Basarab as part of a princely monastery, blending Byzantine layout with Armenian, Georgian, and Ottoman decorative elements in white limestone featuring intricate arabesques, muqarnas, and twisting towers topped by pear-shaped stones.

Famous for the legend of architect Manole bricking up his wife to prevent walls from collapsing, it became Romania's royal necropolis in 1886 under King Carol I, who commissioned a major 1875 restoration by French architect André Lecomte du Noüy, housing tombs of kings like Carol I, Ferdinand I, and their queens amid vibrant neo-Byzantine frescoes and a grand Episcopal Palace nearby.

Elevated on a platform with a central dome, leaning cupolas, and narrow slit windows, it symbolizes Wallachian architectural innovation and draws pilgrims and tourists for its hybrid style and folklore.

Location

Bulevardul Basarabilor 1, Curtea de Argeș 115300, Romania

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