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Snagov Monastery

Snagov · Ilfov County · Romania

Snagov Monastery

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8/10
best: morning, spring, autumn
mysterious, remote, historic
A local would say...

Row out to an island monastery to stand above the grave of the actual Vlad the Impaler — if he's really buried there.

A tiny island at the northern end of Snagov Lake holds a small stone church dating from the 15th century, accessible only by rowboat or motorboat. The monastery is the reputed burial place of Vlad the Impaler himself, with a tombstone in the floor of the nave. A 17th-century 146-metre-deep well was dug by Turkish prisoners promised freedom on completion — a promise that took 17 years to fulfil.

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