Curtea de Arges Monastery, a photo from Arges, West

Photographer's Note

***First picture on TE with 1.000.000 views***

Founded in the time of voivode Neagoe Basarab, between 1512 and 1517, the monastery is a part of the most famous Romanian legend, 揟he legend of master Manole�. Known also as the Episcopal Church, because it was an Episcopal See between 1739 and 1748, the house of worship is 18 meters length, 10 meters wide and 25 meters high. As a curiosity, the naos and the pronaos are not separated by a door, but by the frame of a door, placed between two columns.

Over time, it endured several restoration sessions. The present shape was given by the French architect Andre Lecomte du Nouy and the Romanian architect Nicolae Gabrielescu, in the last half of the 19th century. The restoration works were finished in 1885, and the church was dedicated on 12 October 1886.

Inside the church, the visitor抯 attention is captured by the mural paintings in oil, made by the French painters F. Nicolle and Ch. Renouard and by the Romanian painter N. Constantinescu from Curtea de Arges, and especially by the group of the 12 columns representing the 12 Apostles. The relics of Saint Filofteea, parts of the relics of Saints Serghie, Vach and martyr Tatiana and the Great Saturday Gospel Resurrection, written in gold by Queen Elizabeth can also be found inside the monastery. The mortal remains of Kings Ferdinand and Carol I and Queens Elisabeth and Maria rest here as well.

Please see the WS.

dkmurphys, agulberk, Budapestman, PaulVDV, Graal, papagolf21, kordinator, jhm, gstavros99, subhadeep has marked this note useful

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dkmurphys (79209) 2011-05-10 12:17

Salutare,
Buna imaginea. Imi place in mod deosebit unghiul. Si culorile sunt bune.

agulberk (3794) 2011-05-10 12:19

Hi Ovidiu
Very well composition with excellent architectural and wonderful stone carving, decorative and fine art work.
Very nice presentation with good perspective ,framing
,contrast and light managemen.
Regards
Greetings

Budapestman (82620) 2011-05-10 12:58

Hi Ovidiu,
a beautiful architectural photo with spectacular symmetrical composition, I like the POV and the decorative details, Tfs! Have a nice evening! Kellemes est閠 k韛醤ok!
Gy鰎gy

PaulVDV (62978) 2011-05-10 15:32

Hello Ovidiu,
Very beautiful architecture picture. Excellent in details. Nice framing on top with the arch (or the roof?) and interesting with the shadow on the facade.
Best regards, Paul

pajaran (116011) 2011-05-10 22:09

Dobro jutro.
Lepa fasada crkve ...
Dobar tekst o istoriji crkve i ostar snimak kojim ste naglasili detalje na fasadi, dobra prikaz lepom fotografijom.
Lep pogled na deo crkve sa kulama koje idu u nebo, dobra kompozicija.
Prijatan dan.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.

Google.

Good morning.
Beautiful facade of the church ...
A good article on the history of the church and sharp image details that you expressed on the facade, a good view nice photograph.
A nice view of part of the church with towers that go into the sky, good composition.
Nice day.
All the best.
Paja.

Graal (103040) 2011-05-10 23:52

Hi Ovidiu,
good shot from frog perspective. Very nice details of architecture. An interesting informations. Photo well done.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

danyy (0) 2011-05-11 0:12

Bonjour Ovidiu,
la contre plong閑 de la mort avec des lumi鑢es exceptionnelles et le sens des d閠ails rendus par une nettet� � toute 閜reuve.
Un travail tr鑣 soign� et esth閠ique.
Regards.
Daniel

mauro61 (53429) 2011-05-11 0:14

ciao Ovidiu,
ho ammirato questo capolavoro l'estate scorsa e devo dire che � un vero gioiello anche internamente.
Ottimo il POV .
saluti
maurizio

papagolf21 (152607) 2011-05-11 0:44

Bonjour, cher ami Ovidiu,
Tr鑣閘間ante pr閟entation de cet 閐ifice religieux.
De plus, le jeu des lumi鑢es et des ombres est parfaitement ma顃ris�.
L'architecture m閞itait v閞itablement un plan rapproch� pour en appr閏ier toutes les subtilit閟.
Amiti閟.
Philippe

Nicou (193806) 2011-05-11 0:54

Hello

Superbe compo et iamge, quelle fuyance dans le cadrage, quele cadrage v間閠atif avec un jeu d'ombre et lumir鑕 sur la facade superbe.

Bravo et amiti�

Nicou

kordinator (8738) 2011-05-11 1:18

Hello Ovidiu
Very interesting angle you choice for the image.
Fantastic monastery.
More and more I get to know places of worship and architecture in Romania.
And more I see the similarities and differences with our Orthodox Srpko heritage.
Beautiful photos.
Fun natural frame the tree branches.
Respect
Sa歛

alex4ndru (1418) 2011-05-11 4:14

senzational unghi de sub streasina sau ce este...foarte buna claritatea, super arhitecura...
numai bine!

ines8 (6128) 2011-05-11 12:09

Geniala abordarea subiectului....Foarte frumoasa, superb redata aspiratia spre inalt, spre absolut, cred ca si mesterului Manole i-ar place poza asta.
MINUNATA.
Cele mai bune ginduri,
ines

jemaflor (147248) 2011-05-12 11:48

Hi Ovidiu,
Interesting architecture taken from an original pov, nice golden light and perfect sharpness to see all the details of this monument.

jhm (211736) 2011-05-14 0:46

Hello Ovidiu,

Truly a wonderful architecture and splendid decoration upwards of the monastery
Also the black frame is splendid.
Lovely composition, good presentation too. TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

JFS (32459) 2011-05-15 23:18

Great crop of this amazing monastery. Nice definition to observe architectural details perfectly.

Thanks Ovidiu!

Cheers,
Juan

gstavros99 (0) 2012-10-28 11:07

Hi,

Fine framing! TFS!

ncosmin (1191) 2012-11-21 22:33

Wov! peste 1 milion de vizonari!! Felicitari! Ma bucur ca o fotografie din Romania a depasit aceasta bariera.
Un POV orginal a unei arhitecturi orginale :-)

Salutari,
Cosmin

wetmarbel (223) 2016-05-10 3:18

Hi
I used quick selection tools in photoshp to select some & make others black & white

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Photo Information

Copyright: Ovidiu Sotiriu (Schnappilic) (9692)
Genre: 风景
Medium: 彩色
Date Taken: 2011-05-07
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 450D, 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS EF-S, RAW, 58mm Hoya Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/8, 1/100 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2011-05-10 12:08
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