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Strehaia Monastery |
Matei Basarab |
Strehaia Monastery
Matei Basarab built at Strehaia a
fortification with 5 round towers that enclosed Strehaia Monastery. Nowadays
only the entrance tower was kept. The church is rather strange. It has the altar
oriented to the south, unlike the other churches that have the altars to the
east.
This way a legend was born: Mihai Viteazul was
returning from a battle and he wanted to build a church on the ruins of his
parents castle. He wanted to finish the church until dawn and being in a rush he
made a mistake and built the altar facing south (after Alexandru Vlahuta). In
fact the Royal Palace (now in ruins) connected to the church through a corridor,
determined its entire location. The monastery played an important part in the
1821 Revolution, as it was a strategic point for Tudor Vladimirescu.
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