Horezu Monastery

The Horezu Monastery or Hurezi Monastery was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of , Wallachia, . It is considered to be a masterpiece of "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative works.
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  • Monastery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 690 metres (2,250 feet)
  • …is also known as “Mînăstirea Horezu”
  • Description: heritage site in Vâlcea County, Romania

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Horezi Monastery and Hospital Church, Horezu Monastery.
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Horezu Monastery.
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is situated 1½ km south of Horezu Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Romanii de Jos and Bistrița.
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is a village.
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Horezu Monastery.
Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Horezu Monastery.

Horezu Monastery

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Latitude
45.18333° or 45° 11′ north
Longitude
24.01667° or 24° 1′ east
Open location code
8GQ652M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
676023
Wiki­data ID
Q733069

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Horezu Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Խորեզի վանական համալիր”
  • Armenian: “Հորեզուի վանական համալիր”
  • Basque: “Horezuko monasterioa”
  • Bengali: “হরেজু মঠ”
  • Bulgarian: “Хорезу”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Horezu”
  • Chinese: “霍雷祖修道院”
  • Croatian: “Manastir Horezu”
  • Czech: “Klášter Horezu”
  • Danish: “Horezuklostret”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Horezu”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Hurez”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo de Horezu”
  • Finnish: “Horezun luostari”
  • French: “Monastère d’Horezu”
  • French: “Monastère de Horezu”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Horezu”
  • Georgian: “ჰორეზუს მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Horezu”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Χορέζου”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר הורזו”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר חורזו”
  • Hindi: “होरेज़ू मठ”
  • Hungarian: “Horezui kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Hurezu”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Horezu”
  • Japanese: “ブルンコヴェネスク様式”
  • Japanese: “ホレズ修道院”
  • Latvian: “Horezu klosteris”
  • Lithuanian: “Horezu vienuolynas”
  • Macedonian: “Манастир Хорезу”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ Horezu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Horezu kloster”
  • Polish: “Monastyr w Horezu”
  • Portuguese: “Monastério de Horezu”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Horezu”
  • Romanian: “Mânăstirea Horezu”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Hurezi”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Hurezu”
  • Russian: “Хорезу”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Хорезу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir Horezu”
  • Slovak: “Monastier Horezu”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan v Horezu”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Horezu”
  • Swedish: “Horezu kloster”
  • Thai: “อารามฮอเรซู”
  • Turkish: “Horezu Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Хорезу”
  • Vietnamese: “Tu viện Horezu”

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