Horezu
Horezu is a town located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Ifrimești, Râmești, Romanii de Jos, Romanii de Sus, Tănăsești, and Urșani.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hurezi Monastery and Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi.
Hurezi Monastery
Monastery
Photo: CristianChirita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Horezu Monastery or Hurezi Monastery was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of Horezu, Wallachia, Romania. 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.
Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi
Church
Photo: Miehs, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Romanii de Jos and Bogdănești.
Horezu
- Type: Town with 4,400 residents
- Description: town in Vâlcea County, Romania
- Categories: town in Romania and locality
- Location: Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.1455° or 45° 8′ 44″ northLongitude
23.9938° or 23° 59′ 38″ eastPopulation
4,400Elevation
468 metres (1,535 feet)Open location code
8GQ54XWV+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 341925171OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
676026Wikidata ID
Q899461
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Horezu” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Horezu”
- Belarusian: “Харэзу”
- Catalan: “Horezu”
- Cebuano: “Horezu”
- Cebuano: “Oraș Horezu”
- Chinese: “霍雷祖”
- Danish: “Horezu”
- Dutch: “Horezu”
- Esperanto: “Horezu”
- Estonian: “Horezu”
- French: “Horezu”
- German: “Horezu”
- Hebrew: “חורזו”
- Hungarian: “Horezu”
- Irish: “Horezu”
- Italian: “Horezu”
- Malay: “Horezu”
- Minangkabau: “Horezu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horezu”
- Persian: “هورزو”
- Polish: “Horezu”
- Portuguese: “Horezu”
- Romanian: “Horezu”
- Russian: “Хорезу”
- Serbian: “Horezu”
- Serbian: “Општина Хорезу”
- Serbian: “Хорезу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Horezu, Vâlcea”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Horezu”
- Spanish: “Horezu”
- Tajik: “Xorezu”
- Tajik: “Хорезу”
- Ukrainian: “Горезу”
- Ukrainian: “Хорезу”
- Vietnamese: “Horezu”
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