Hurezi Monastery
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.Photo: CristianChirita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: manastireahurezi@gmail.com
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Romanian Orthodox
- Description: monastery in Romania
- Also known as: “Horezu monastery” and “Horezu Monastery”
- Address: Strada Mănăstirii 164, Romanii de Jos, 245803
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horezi Monastery and Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi.
Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi
Church
Photo: Miehs, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Paraclisul Mănăstirii Hurezi is a church.
Hospital Church, Horezu Monastery
Church
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Hospital Church, Horezu Monastery is situated 150 metres northeast of Hurezi Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Romanii de Jos and Râmești.
Bistrița
Village
Photo: Nicu farcas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bistrița is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Hurezi Monastery.
Hurezi Monastery
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
- Location: Horezu, Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.1693° or 45° 10′ 10″ northLongitude
24.00754° or 24° 0′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8GQ65295+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1174597971OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=romanian_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q733069
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Hurezi 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: “Monastere de Horezu”
- French: “monastère de Horezu”
- French: “Monastère de Horezu”
- Georgian: “ჰორეზუს მონასტერი”
- German: “Kloster Horezu”
- Greek: “Μοναστήρι του Χορέζου”
- Hebrew: “מנזר הורזו”
- Hebrew: “מנזר חורזו”
- Hindi: “होरेज़ू मठ”
- Hungarian: “horezui kolostor”
- 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”
- Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ Horezu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horezu kloster”
- Polish: “Monastyr w Horezu”
- Portuguese: “Monastério de Horezu”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Horezu”
- Romanian: “Manastirea Horezu”
- Romanian: “Mănăstirea 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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