Crasna Gorj Monastery | |
Crasna Hermitage, Gorj County | |
The profile of the monastery | |
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Confession: | Orthodoxy |
Hram: | "St. Nicholas" |
Founder: | Dumitru Filișanul |
Type: | monk |
Data of the monastery | |
Dating: | 1636 |
The country: | Romania |
Location: | Krasna |
Crasna Hermitage is a monastery of monks located at the foot of the Parâng mountains, in the village of Crasna-Ungureni in Gorj county, Romania. The architectural building dates from 1636.
founded
The monastery is the foundation of the owner of the village of Crasna, Dumitru Filișanul, the grandson of the great penny of Oltenia, Dobromir, cousin of Mrs. Stanca, wife of Mihai Viteazul, lord of Wallachia between 1593 and 1600.
St. Nicholas Church
The Byzantine church, with a closed porch and a single octagonal tower placed on a square base above the nave, has whitewashed walls and is surrounded by two belts: one of brick located just below the eaves and another, below, superimposed with arches and columns. . The iconostasis has an ornamental wooden sculpture and is polished with gold leaf. The interior painting is attributed to Gregory the painter and his son John and was made between 1756-1757. Under the Crucifixion Cross are the portraits of the voivode Matei Basarab and of Ștefan, the metropolitan of Wallachia, a work considered to be a masterpiece of Romanian painting. This was done between 1648-1654. The whole of the Crasna hermitage is on the list of historical monuments in Gorj county.
Accession
- County road (DJ 665) Novaci - Bumbesti-Jiu - Crasna (15 km)
Accommodation
The monastery does not offer accommodation. Nearby are the following hotel units:
- "La Toscana Rustica" Guesthouse - county road (DJ665) - 7.5 km - 10 min.
- Holiday home "Divine" - county road (DJ665) - 12.4 km - 16 min.
Monasteries nearby
- Polovragi Monastery - 29.7 km. - through the county road DJ665
- Lainici Monastery - 35.7 km. - through the county road DJ665 and the national road DN66 / E79
- Hurezi Monastery - 54.3 km. - via the national road DN67
- Tismana Monastery - 66.3 km. - via the national road DN67D