Connected artistic / architectonic / historical heritage
Location: Curtea de Argeș, Argeș County, Romania
Geographic coordinates 45°9′25″N 24°40′31″E
Historical heritage:
The monastery at Curtea de Arges, founded by Neagoe Basarab,
non-princely ruler, voivode church, monarchy necropolis
Romanian, episcopal and episcopal Cathedral, today
archbishopric, from Arges, is an old, established voivodal establishment in 1515, carried in 1517, painted in 1526 and restored in 19th century.
The united country's first modern king, Carol I of Romania renovated the Curtea de Argeș Monastery and designated it as a royal necropolis in 1886. Curtea de Argeș became the burial place for the Royal House of Romania (a branch of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty), including Carol I, Ferdinand I and Queen Marie, and Michael I and Queen Anne. King Carol I also built a railway linking Curtea de Argeș to Bucharest; the city's railway station dates from this period and stands out as one of the distinctive architectural masterpieces of the city.
Architectural heritage:
Curtea de Argeș Monastery is a remarkable architectural achievement, reuniting elements related to Christian culture, Byzantine fast, but also elements of Western architecture, or elements Islamic. Complexity is an element that gives it value in
while her venerability complements her arsenal of qualities defining.
Artistic heritage:
The monastery of Arges and the legend of Manole Master, so united in the same destiny that we could not talk about one without remembering the other, are always open doors to the essence of Romanian spirituality. Otherwise, the legend remains beautiful, and the wonderful Monastery of Arges, perhaps the most brilliant religious building on the Romanian soil.
Local traditions or historical connections
Local traditions:
The legend of the Manole Master (in a more precise formulation, the legendary ballad "Arges Monastery"), a masterpiece of the Romanian folk culture, remains irrevocably linked to the beautiful Curtea de Arges Monastery, founded by the 16th century Neagoe Basarab. Over time, the legend has become one of our fundamental myths, the myth of the sacrifice for creation, whose message is that nothing can resist time unless it "enlivens" through a sacrifice. It has gone beyond the borders of the country and brings strangers from all over the world, eager to see the famous wall where the craftsman's wife was forever caught.
The Legend of Master Manole is based on the belief that nothing durable and unique can be built without the creator's self-sacrifice.
The Legend of Master Manole is also related to the custom of burial of a man's life at the foundation of a building as being a pre-Christian ritual encountered in the history and mythology of many peoples, especially in the Balkan area.
A newer version is the burial at the home of a photo representing a person. Regardless of the method, the goal is the same - protecting the construction of the house from obstacles and misfortunes.
Historical connection:
The united country's first modern king, Carol I of Romania renovated the Curtea de Argeș Monastery and designated it as a royal necropolis in 1886. Curtea de Argeș became the burial place for the Royal House of Romania (a branch of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty), including Carol I, Ferdinand I and Queen Marie, and Michael I and Queen Anne. King Carol I also built a railway linking Curtea de Argeș to Bucharest; the city's railway station dates from this period and stands out as one of the distinctive architectural masterpieces of the city.