🏛️ Hurezi Monastery

Romania · Europe · Cultural · 45.17°N, 24.01°E

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 "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative works.The Brâncovenesc style, which can be found at several other churches and monasteries in Wallachia, is the only true and original Romanian style and is called "Brancoveanu art" by the name of the ruler who, in a period of constant battles between the world powers of that time, put cultural development of the country above everything and made it the goal of his life.

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Quick facts

Country	Romania
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	45.17°N, 24.01°E · view on map

Hurezi Monastery is a cultural World Heritage site in Romania, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Hurezi Monastery was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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