Romania

Barsana Monastery, Romania

Bârsana, Maramureș, Romania

Barsana Monastery rises from a plateau above the Iza River in Maramures, northwestern Romania....

Biertan Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Biertan, Sibiu County, Romania

Biertan’s fortified church and village form one component of UNESCO’s serial Transylvanian property. The church belongs to the Evangelical Church A.B....

Căpâlna Dacian Fortress

Căpâlna, Alba County, Romania

Căpâlna is one of the six Dacian fortress components inscribed by UNESCO in the Orăștie Mountains property....

Church of St George at St John the New Monastery

Inside St. John the New Monastery, Romania

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint George at Saint John the New Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of St Nicholas at Probota Monastery

Probota / Dolhasca, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint Nicholas at Probota Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery

Mănăstirea Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist of Arbore

Arbore, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist at Arbore is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți

Pătrăuți, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress

Costești, Hunedoara County, Romania

Costești-Blidaru is one of six components in UNESCO’s Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains....

Cozia Monastery, Romania

Calimanesti, Vâlcea, Romania

Cozia Monastery occupies a dramatic position on the bank of the Olt River in the Valcea region of southern Romania....

Curtea De Arges Monastery, Romania

Curtea de Argeș, Argeș, Romania

Curtea de Arges Monastery stands at the heart of a small Wallachian town, its twisted columns and intricate stonework producing an architecture found nowhere else in...

Darjiu Fortified Church

Darjiu, Harghita, Romania

In the hills of Transylvania, the Darjiu Fortified Church holds stories within stories. Fourteenth-century walls bear 1419 frescoes of St. Ladislaus rescuing a maiden....

Hurezi (Horezu) Monastery

Romanii de Jos, Vâlcea, Romania

Founded in the 1690s by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu and now home to a community of Orthodox nuns, Horezu Monastery stands as the supreme achievement of the Brâncovenesc...

Leud Hill Church, Romania

Ieud, Maramureș, Romania

Ieud Hill Church rises from a prominent hilltop in Maramures, northwestern Romania, its wooden silhouette visible across the valley....

Luncani-Piatra Roșie Dacian Fortress

Luncani, Hunedoara County, Romania

Luncani-Piatra Roșie is one of the six Dacian fortress components in UNESCO’s Orăștie Mountains property....

Maria Radna Monastery and Church, Romania

Lipova, Arad, Romania

Maria Radna Basilica rises from a hilltop above the Mures River in western Romania, a monumental baroque church that serves as one of the most important Catholic...

Metropolitan Cathedral, Iași, Romania

Iași, Iași, Romania

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi houses the relics of Saint Parascheva, patron saint of Moldavia, and serves as the ecclesiastical heart of eastern Romania....

Neamt Monastery, Romania

Mănăstirea Neamț, Neamț, Romania

Neamt Monastery has held continuous monastic prayer since the 14th century, making it the oldest and largest active male monastery in Romania....

Prejmer Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Prejmer, Brașov County, Romania

Prejmer’s fortified Church of the Holy Cross and village form one component of UNESCO’s Transylvanian serial property. The Evangelical Church A.B....

Prislop Monastery, Romania

Hațeg, Hunedoara, Romania

Prislop Monastery, nestled in a forested valley near the Retezat Mountains, carries seven centuries of monastic prayer and the living devotion of tens of thousands who...

Putna Monastery, Romania

Putna, Suceava, Romania

Putna Monastery, founded by Stephen the Great in 1466 and called the Jerusalem of Romanian Orthodoxy by the national poet Mihai Eminescu, holds the tomb of the...

Radu Voda Monastery, Romania

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Radu Voda Monastery rises on a hilltop in central Bucharest, carrying over 450 years of worship since its founding in 1568....

Ramet Monastery, Romania

Valea Mănăstirii, Alba, Romania

Nestled at the entrance to the dramatic Ramet Gorge in Transylvania's Trascau Mountains, Ramet Monastery has endured repeated destruction and rebuilding since at least the...

Rohia Monastery, Romania

Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș, Romania

Rohia Monastery rises from a forested hilltop in Maramures, founded by a grieving priest who built a house for the Virgin Mary in memory of his dead daughter....

Rupestra Sinca Veche Monastery, Romania

Șinca Veche, Brașov, Romania

Carved into tuff rock by unknown hands at an unknown date, the cave temple at Sinca Veche in Transylvania defies easy explanation....

Sambata Brancoveanu Monastery, Romania

Stațiunea Climaterică Sâmbăta, Brașov, Romania

Sambata de Sus Monastery stands in the foothills of the Fagaras Mountains, founded around 1696 by Constantin Brancoveanu, the Wallachian prince who was beheaded with his...

Sarmizegetusa Regia

Grădiștea de Munte, Hunedoara County, Romania

Sarmizegetusa Regia is the central component of UNESCO’s Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains....

Saschiz Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Saschiz, Mureș County, Romania

Saschiz’s fortified Church of Saint Stephen and village form one component of UNESCO’s Transylvanian serial property. The Evangelical Church A.B....

Sihastria Monastery, Romania

Vânători-Neamț, Neamț, Romania

Deep in the forests of Neamt County, Sihastria Monastery carries the most concentrated spiritual atmosphere of any Romanian monastic community....

Sinaia Monastery, Romania

Sinaia, Prahova, Romania

Built in the 1690s by a Romanian prince who sought to transplant the sacred landscape of Mount Sinai to the Carpathians, Sinaia Monastery stands at the threshold of...

Sucevita Monastery, Romania

Sucevița, Suceava, Romania

Sucevita Monastery stands behind fortress walls in the Bucovina hills, its exterior surfaces covered with the finest surviving frescoes of the Moldavian painted church...

Tismana Monastery, Romania

Tismana, Gorj, Romania

Founded in the 1370s by Saint Nicodim, a monk from Mount Athos who carried the hesychast tradition of inner prayer across the Balkans, Tismana Monastery stands on a cliff...

Valea Viilor Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Valea Viilor, Sibiu County, Romania

Valea Viilor's fortified Church of Saint Peter anchors one village component of UNESCO's Transylvanian serial property....

Viscri Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Viscri, Brașov County, Romania

Viscri's fortified Evangelical church anchors an exact UNESCO village component and remains connected to a living Lutheran congregation....

Voronet Monastery, Romania

Gura Humorului, Suceava, Romania

Built by Stephen the Great in 1488 on the counsel of a hermit who prayed for twenty years in a stone cell nearby, Voronet Monastery carries on its western wall a Last...