| Curtea de Argeş | ||
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| State | Romania | |
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| Region | Muntenia | |
| Altitude | 592 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 75 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 27.359 (2011 census) | |
| Prefix tel | 40 248 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 115300 | |
| Time zone | UTC 2 | |
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Curtea de Argeș is a city of Romania, located in the historical region of Muntenia.
To know
Curtea de Argeș was the first capital of the principality of Wallachia and preserves the most important Byzantine buildings of the Romania, including the Princely Church, a 14th-century monument on the UNESCO list of nominations.
An important political and economic center during the medieval era, Curtea de Argeș declined after the transfer of the residence of the voivada of Wallachia to Târgoviște.
Curtea de Argeș regained a certain prestige in the period between the two world wars with the designation of the monastery's cathedral as a royal necropolis.
The city is the starting point of the famous Transfăgărășan scenic road which climbs the Southern Carpathians ending at Sibiu, on the plateau of Transylvania
How to orient yourself
Curtea de Argeş: full screen map.How to get
On the train
Railway station
- 1 Railway station. The station lies on a branch of the main railway Bucharest-Craiova which comes off at the height of Pitești from where at least two trains a day leave for Curtea de Argeş.
By bus
- 2 Intercity bus station (Autogara RMR Curtea de Argeș) (Located next to the train station). For timetables consult www.autogari.ro.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Manolo's well (Fântâna lui Manole).
- 2 Episcopal palace (Palatul Episcopal). Built in 1896, the episcopal palace has a chapel where the relics of Santa Filofteia are found. The walls are adorned with paintings depicting the legend of Manolo. A French-style park separates the episcopal palace from the monastery of Curtea de Arges.
Religious architectures
Church of San Nicola
- 3 Princely Church of San Nicola (Biserica Domnească Sfântul Nicolae), Negru Vodă Street 2. Built by Prince Basarab I (1310-1352), it is the palace church. The temple has a Greek cross plan and is considered one of the most representative monuments of medieval Romanian architecture. The interior paintings were made between 1364 and 1369.
- 4 [link not working]Curtea de Argeș Monastery (Mănăstirea Curtea de Argeș). One of the most admired examples of medieval Wallachian architecture. The temple was erected between 1515 and 1517, at the time of the Neagoe Basarab voivode.
- 5 New Archbishop's Cathedral (Noua Catedrală Arhiepiscopală din Curtea de Argeș), Bulevardul Basarabilor 1. Mausoleum of the Romanian royal house
- 6 Ruins of the church of Sân Nicoară (Ruinele Bisericii Sân Nicoară). Ruins of a church from the first half of the 14th century, built by Doamna Clara, mother of the Prince of Wallachia, Vlaicu-Voda.
- 7 [link not working]Olari Church (Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului - Olari). Modest brick church with a rustic look, characterized by original architectural elements. The style differs in fact from Wallachian architecture and is more reminiscent of the Moldovan one of the time of Stephen the Great. Like all Byzantine architecture, the small temple surprises for the harmony of its proportions but also for the tiled roof, the frescoes on the facade and the external wooden staircase decorated with aquilw that leads to the top of the bell tower.
- 8 Batușari Church (Biserica Bătușari). Built in 1583 by the Prince of Wallachia Petru Cercel (1583-1585), the church is a modest rectangular monument with a wooden bell tower. The church was built with river stones and bricks and covered with slate. It belonged to the guild of the "batușari", Saxons of origin, and was completely restored at the end of the nineteenth century, losing its original appearance and frescoes.
Museums
- 9 Municipal Museum (Muzeul Municipal Curtea de Argeș), Negru Voda Street, 2, ☎ 40 248 721 446, @[email protected].
Mon-Sun 08: 00-18: 00. - 10 [link not working]Norocea house, Str. Stefanescu Victor, 8, ☎ 40 248-721-446. Tue-Sun 09: 00-17: 00. The house where Dumitru Norocea lived between 1922 and 1923, the painter in charge of restoring the frescoes in the princely church of San Nicola. In addition to the painter's paintings, the building houses the ethnographic section of the municipal museum.
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