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I just received this picture through what’s app and even though I’m not the author, I’d still like to share it with the Flickr community as I want to point out how beautiful this East European country is.
The church on the pic is the Orthodox Church of the village and in the background you see the Southern Carpathian mountain range.
The Transfăgărășan (trans [over, across] + Făgăraș) is a paved mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. It has national-road ranking and is the second-highest paved road in the country after the Transalpina.
Horezu Monastery
Mănăstirea Horezu
Vâlcea County
ROMANIA
Basic information
Location: Romanii de Sus, Vâlcea County, Romania
AffiliationEastern Orthodox
Year consecrated1693
Ecclesiastical or organizational status-Nunnery
Patron: Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen
Architectural style-Brâncovenesc
Founder-Constantin Brâncoveanu
Groundbreaking 1693
Completed 1697
Specifications: Length 32 m, Height (max) 14 m
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"The city was first atested in the 13th century under the name Corona. The current Romanian and Hungarian names are derived from the Pecheneg word, barasu, meaning "fortress". On Tâmpa Mountain, located on the southern side of the city, there was a citadel called Brassovia, which gave both the Romanian and the Hungarian name of the city.
The first attested mention of Braşov is Terra Saxonum de Barasu ("Saxon Land of Baras"), in a 1252 document. The German name Kronstadt means "Crown City", and is reflected in the city's coat of arms, as well as in its Medieval Latin name, Corona. The three names of the city (Braşov/Brassó, Kronstadt, and Corona) were used simultaneously in the Middle Ages."