Curtea de Arges Monastery

Curtea de Arges Episcopal Church

Curtea de Arges

Today, Curtea de Arges monastery is not only visited because of its beauty but also because it is the place where royal family members (such as Carol I, Ferdinand I and British born Queen Marie) are buried. After this first day in which we will have seen an important part of the beauties Wallachia (as westerners called once this region of what today is Greater Romania) it is time we go to sleep in a picturesque pension which lies at the base of Fagaras mountains.

The main attraction of Curtea de Arges are its famous church and monastery build in 1514 by Neagoe Basarab. The stone and marble decorations together with the beautiful interior 14 century frescoes make this monastery a masterpiece of early Byzantine style. Every Romanian can tell the legend of this beautiful monastery.