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Key facts
- Affiliation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Ecclesiastical or organizational status
- Nunnery
- Patron
- Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Romanii de Sus , Vâlcea County , Romania
- Style
- Brâncovenesc
- Founder
- Constantin Brâncoveanu
- Length
- 32 m
- Height max
- 14 m
- Criteria
- Cultural: ii
- Inscription
- 1993 (17th Session )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monastery
- Country
- Romania
- Located in
- Horezu
- Area
- 22
- Location
- Romanii de Jos
- Official website
- www.orasul-horezu.ro/home
- Image
- Horezu church.jpg
- Height
- 14
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- Commons category
- Horezu Monastery
- heritage designation
- Historic Monument
- time of earliest written record
- 1690-00-00
- street address
- Str. Mănăstirii 164-164 A,164 B, sat aparținător Romanii de Jos; oraș Horezu
- architectural style
- Brâncovenesc art
- inception
- 1687-00-00
- native label
- Mănăstirea Horezu
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horezu monastery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.