![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Postcards from Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Agapia Monastery (1647) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Agapia comprises two monasteries: the upper '"monastery on the hill" was founded by Lady Elena, the wife of Petru Rares in 1527. The more spectacular "monastery in the valley" was build by Gavril Coci (brother of Vasile Lupu) between 1642-1647. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| © 2000-2010 by Tatiana Murzin-Bencovski. All rights reserved. | |||||||||||||||||||||