Domnița Bălașa Church
The Domnița Bălașa Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 60 Sfinții Apostoli Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Ascension, to Saint Dimitrie Basarabov and to Constantin Brâncoveanu and his four sons.Photo: Stratoreaper, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
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- Email: domnitabalasa@gmail.com
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Romanian Orthodox
- Description: historic church in Bucharest, Romania
- Also known as: “Domnița Bălașa church”
- Address: Strada Sfinții Apostoli 60, București, 040091
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Old Court Princely Palace and Union Square.
The Old Court Princely Palace
Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Curtea Veche was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului București in the historic centre of Bucharest, Romania. The Old Court Princely Palace is situated 230 metres north of Domnița Bălașa Church.
Union Square
Square
Piața Unirii is the largest square in central Bucharest, Romania, and one of the largest public spaces in Europe, being located immediately south of the old town and within the boundaries of Sectors 3. Union Square is situated 200 metres southeast of Domnița Bălașa Church.
Stavropoleos Monastery
Photo: Neoclassicism Enthusiast, Public domain.
Stavropoleos Monastery, also known as Stavropoleos Church during the last century when the monastery was dissolved, is an Eastern Orthodox monastery for nuns in central Bucharest, Romania. Stavropoleos Monastery is situated 410 metres north of Domnița Bălașa Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centrul Civic and Bucharest Old Town.
Centrul Civic
Suburb
Photo: VictorCozmei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Centrul Civic is a district in central Bucharest, Romania, which was completely rebuilt in the 1980s as part of the scheme of systematization under the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, which included the construction of new civic centres in the Romanian cities.
Bucharest Old Town
Suburb
Photo: Giuseppe Milo, CC BY 2.0.
The Old Town is located in the center of Bucharest, Romania, and is known for its nightlife. Ion C. Brătianu Boulevard crosses the historic center from north to south, dividing this area into two approximately equal parts.
Cotroceni
Suburb
Cotroceni is a neighbourhood in western Bucharest, Romania, located around the Cotroceni hill, in Bucharest's Sector 5. The nearest Metro stations are Eroilor, Academia Militară, and Politehnica.
Domnița Bălașa Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sector 4, Municipiul Bucureşti, Bucharest, Wallachian Plain, Muntenia, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.42824° or 44° 25′ 42″ northLongitude
26.10025° or 26° 6′ 1″ eastInception
1895Height
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8GP8C4H2+73OpenStreetMap ID
way 78564921OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=romanian_orthodoxWikidata ID
Q12721829
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In Other Languages
From French to Romanian—“Domnița Bălașa Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église Domnița Bălașa”
- French: “Église Domnița Bălașa”
- German: “Kirche von Balasa”
- Polish: “Cerkiew Księżniczki Bălașy”
- Romanian: “Biserica „Înălțarea Domnului” - Domnița Bălașa”
- Romanian: “Biserica Domnița Bălașa”
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