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The concrete buildings alongside Unirii Avenue and around Unirii Square hide away from public sight a few remnants of what normal Bucharest once meant. Going on twisted streets and through narrow passages between tall concrete buildings, one can still visit some of them and read their sad stories. A beautiful settlement is Antim Monastery, raised in 1713-1715 by Antim Ivireanu, Mitropolite of Wallachia. The monastery was raised on a site where an older, 17th century wooden church had existed. Ivireanu also endowed the monastery with a Greek and Romanian printer. Acting against the Ottoman rule, he was killed in 1716 at Voyevode Constantin Mavrocordat's order. He left all his fortune to the monastery, meant for the poor and helpless. Tradition has it that the exquisite wooden door of the church was carved by Antim Ivireanu himself. Several features, including the Neogothic rosetta, were added during the 1860 restoration led by Arch. Schlater.
The monastery also hosts to the left the Synodical Library (translated with 14 meters at President Ceausescu’s order, in 1985), a great piece of Brancoveanu style architecture with floral decoration under the roof. Use the monastery as a starting point a walk along old streets towards Regina Maria Avenue (George Georgescu, Justitiei, Poiana Florilor streets are recommendable), even though some of the buildings there lie in a bad state. Leave a Comment Directions: On Antim Ivireanu Street, as you walk from the Palace of the Parliament to Unirea Square, the first street to the right, through the first break in the concrete blocks.
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| | | | Churches - great heritage: Translated Churches - Mihai Voda Church | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Mihai Voda Church. Well, this place should have still been called a monastery, but history decided otherwise. It was raised in 1591 by Michael the Brave, on a hill near Dâmbovita River, starting with a church surrounded by defensive walls; it burnt in 1761, being repaired in 1827-1837 and repainted in 1838, as well as fully refurbished in 1935. Around the church Michael the Brave had built princely houses which served at times as school, hospital and host for the estate archives. The church and the bell tower were moved 227 meters on the horizontal and 6,2 meters on the vertical in 1985 and are now completely screened off by tall buildings, while all dependencies, as well as all the nearby area were demolished in 1984-1985. Given the translation procedures, the bell tower nowadays lies to the back of the church and not in its front, as it should. It is well worth visiting, to see portraits of the Romanian royal family: as you enter the church, there are, immediately to the right the portraits of Michael the Brave (the one with a black cap), Marshall Ion Antonescu and King Michael the 1st, while to the left you can see the portrait of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria. Leave a Comment
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