Curtea de Argeș · Romania

Curtea de Argeș Monastery

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Legend says the builder walled his wife alive to stop the walls collapsing — Romania's royals are buried here

Romania's most beautiful church — built 1512-17 by Neagoe Basarab with spiralling towers inspired by Islamic minarets. Legend says the master builder Manole walled his wife alive in the walls to prevent them collapsing. Romania's royal family is buried here. The Moorish-Byzantine exterior tilework is astonishing.