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Agapia Monastery
Agapia Monastery lies down a turn-off 4km south of Târgu Neamţ (the main road, towards Piatra Neamţ). Over 400 nuns live here. Agapias larger of two monasteries is Agapia din Vale (Agapia in the Valley). Built between 1642 to 1644 by Gavril Coci (Vasile Lupu’s brother), it has rela
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Neamţ Citadel
In town, the medieval Neamţ Citadel (1539) was already long considered Moldavia’s finest fortress before recent renovations improved it again. It was built by Moldavian Prince Petru I Muşat, who picked an impregnable high location (photogenic, but a tiring walk). The recent restora
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Curtea de Argeş Cathedral & Monastery
The cathedral and monastery complex here is considered one of the countrys most important ecclesiastical sights. The church was originally built by Neagoe Basarab (r 1512–21), with marble and tiles brought in from Constantinople. The current edifice dates from 1875, when French arc
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Clock Tower
The symbol of the town is this magnificent medieval clock tower, built in the 14th century and expanded 200 years later. It originally housed the town council, but these days its purely decorative. The clock and figurines were added in the 17th century. The figurines represent diff
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Sinaia Monastery
Halfway between Peleş and the centre, the Sinaia Monastery, home to about 20 monks, is well worth a look. Inside the gate, the large Orthodox church (biserica mare) before you dates from 1846; two icons inside were presented by Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II in 1903. Outside are prayer
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Culture Palace
Built 1911–13, this secessionist-style building is unlike anything you’ll find around Transylvania. Inside its glittering, tiled, steepled roofs are ornate hallways, colourful walls, giant mirrors imported from Venice, and an often-used concert hall (with a dramatic 4463-pipe organ
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Romanian Athenaeum
The exquisite Romanian Athenaeum is the majestic heart of Romania’s classical music tradition. Scenes from Romanian history are featured on the interior fresco inside the Big Hall on the 1st floor; the dome is 41m high. A huge appeal dubbed ‘Give a Penny for the Athenaeum’ saved it
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Iron Gates Museum
While the museum houses an ethnographic and natural-sciences section, as well as an aquarium displaying Danubian species, the highlight is a scale model of the Roman bridge constructed across the Danube in AD 103 by Greek architect Apollodorus of Damascus on the orders of Emperor T
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Pelişor Palace
Heavily art nouveau in its decor, and about 100m uphill from Peleş Castle, the German-medieval Pelişor Palace has a hard time competing with its neighbour. King Carol I planned this house for his nephew (and future king) Ferdinand (1865–1927) and wife Marie. Most of the furniture w
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Black Church
Braşov’s main landmark, the Black Church is the largest Gothic church between Vienna and Istanbul, and still used by German Lutherans today. Built between 1383 and 1480, it was named for its appearance after a fire in 1689. The original statues from the exterior of the apse are now
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Poienari Citadel
The Poienari Citadel was once a powerful fortress guarding the entry to a strategic pass linking Wallachia with Transylvania. The castles vantage point was recognised as early as the 13th century, when Wallachian leaders first built a tower to guard the pass. Two centuries later Vl
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Orthodox Synagogue
Oradeas Orthodox synagogue dates from 1890, and before WWII was the main house of worship for around a third of the citys residents. It survived the war intact, but was badly neglected afterward and is now undergoing a thorough multiyear renovation. Though it was closed during our
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City of Residence Citadel
Some 3km down Str Mitropoliei, the City of Residence Citadel (1388) is where an attack by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II was halted in 1427, 23 years after his conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul). Without this defensive achievement against the Islamic empire, the Bucovina painted monas
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Bran Castle
The 60m-tall Bran Castle, sometimes mistakenly called Draculas Castle, is spectacular and one of the countrys leading attractions. It was built by Saxons from Braşov in 1382 to defend Bran pass against the Turks. It may have housed Vlad Ţepeş (aka Dracula) for a few nights on his f
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Ice Cave
Cave buffs should head straight to this fantastic ice cave, but be forewarned that it’s only reachable on foot. The route is signposted from the centre of Gârda de Sus, and it’s about a two-hour hike (9km) from there. Alternatively, you can drive along a rough gravel road about hal
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Moldoviţa Monastery
Built in 1532, Moldoviţa Monastery occupies a fortified quadrangular enclosure with tower, gates and well-tended lawns. The central painted church has been partly restored and features impressive frescoes from 1537. The southern exterior wall depicts the Siege of Constantinople in
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Salt Mine
Like a Bond villains hideout, these creepy caverns seem an apt place for hatching world domination; the most popular is Rolf Mine, some 40m-deep (13 storeys high).To get to it pass through the crashed UFO-style entrance, then, feeling like an extra in an X-Box game, shuffle down a
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Meziad Cave
Approaching the western fringe of the Apuseni Mountains, 63km southeast of Oradea, is the small market town of Beiuş, from where you can visit the Meziad Cave, discovered in 1859. The cave features an enormous opening and entrance tunnel, which has equally enormous stalactites with
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Palace of Culture
The grandiose neo-Gothic Palace of Culture was built between 1906 and 1925 over Prince Alexandru cel Buns ruined 15th-century princely court. At the time of research, renovations were expected to conclude by 2014. When open, you can enjoy the four small museums within, plus the Ghe
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