Showing posts with label fountain of manole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fountain of manole. Show all posts
- The Antim Monastery is located in Bucharest, Romania
- It was founded in 1713 by The Metropolitan Antim Ivireanu
- Antim Ivireanu was a poet, miniaturist and orator
- Bucharest is the capital city and industrial centre of Romania
- Antim is a fortified monastery, surrounded by a high wall with defence tower
- The monastery was built by Neagoe Basarab in 1517
- In the neighbourhood of the monastery we find the Fountain of Manole
- Manole was the craftsman that decorated the monastery legend says he fell from the roof
- The monastery comprises a church, chapel (St Nikolai), residential and farm buildings, a farm and a holly spring
- On a platforum in the middle of the yard is situated the magnificent monastery church
- The monastery is declared a monument of culture
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