Historic places in Ștefănești

Historic places in Ștefănești

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   Brătianu National Museum - Villa Florica

   Muzeul Național Brătianu - Vila Florica

   in Ştefăneşti, there is the Brătieni family's House, also called Vila Florica, in memory of the daughter of I.C. Brătianu. Dominating with authority the political life of Romania for two decades, Ion I.C. Brătianu was one of the most complex and controversial personalities in national history. Among the members of the Brătianu family who lived at the Vila Florica, we must mention Ion C. Brătianu, Ion I.C. Brătianu, Dinu Brătianu and Vintilă Brătianu. In the villa is the Suspended Library, the most important private library in Romania.

   Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00·Adult 20 lei, senior 10 lei, student or disabled 5 lei

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   Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God

   Biserica "Nașterea Maicii Domnului"

   The church was founded by the master Necula Ghimpescu and his wife Ancuţa, from Piteşti, and dates from 1686, when Şerban Cantacuzino (1678-1688) was on the throne of Wallachia. The holy place, through its painting, particularly beautiful, alive and original, through the warm air, so Romanian, that it releases, in which the echoes of the monastic nevi of the time when it was metoh of the famous monastery from Vieroşi are felt, raises heart to the height of the dome. From there, the grace of the One who overcame death clothes you in the garment of love and eternity. Over time, the place has undergone modifications, repairs and consolidations such as in 1854, 1931, 1940, 1977, preparing for the passage of the third Christian millennium on September 5, 1993, when His Eminence Calinic, Archbishop of Argeş and Muscel, sanctified the church. We cannot fail to mention the fact that near the place of worship is the cross that marks the place where the famous Romanian writer Liviu Rebreanu was buried.

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   Crama Marcea

   Marcea Wine Cellar

   You can visit the winery and the vineyard! Introduction to the history of the place regarding the activity of viticulture and vinification. An ecological wine cellar with energy autonomy, photovoltaic panels and heat pump.

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   Cula Sfântul Mina - Orchidan

   a historical treasure from the late 19th century, comprises two monumental buildings: one with a basement and ground floor, hosting spacious rooms and a veranda, while the other, a former wine cellar, preserves the traditional architecture of Oltenian culas, being owned by Constantin Orghidan and his descendants until nationalization in 1952.

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   Enculești Wooden Church/Gurgui Hermitage

   Biserica de lemn din Encluești/Schitul Gurgui

   The wooden church dedicated to the Holy Hierarch Nicolae and built in 1687 is originally dedicated to the Trivale Monastery. The nun Marta, Sister Nica's sister, on September 5, 1687 donated «her hermitage at the bottom of Valea Mare, from the place called Gurgui», a gift later confirmed by Constantin Brancoveanu on May 8, 1697. The church was later moved from Ploscaru hamlet. Here the services are held only once a year, but some icons or objects that belonged to this church can be admired at the National Museum of Art in Bucharest or the royal doors made of rosewood exhibited at the Argeș County Museum.The biblical painting »Jesus Pantocrator« painted on a wooden panel and superimposed in the centre of the vault dates from the 18th century as the episcopal chair decorated with rosettes carved in wood. A few icons that may have been part of the national heritage can still be touched by the parishioners. The open porch, with a gabled roof and a triangular pediment, amplifies the majesty of the monument, and the decoration of the access frame in the nave reflects the aesthetic concerns of the cruise craftsmen. Also in the courtyard of this wooden church, there is a stone cross decorated with rosettes inscribed in a circle dating from 1741, from September 1.

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   Golești Museum

   Muzeul Golești

   The museum has four sections: the Feudal Ensemble of Golesti - the most important secular medieval fortified ensemble in Wallachia - contains the first Free Community School in Muntenia, the first sick and a mansion built in 1640, restored in 2016. Next to the medieval ensemble is a huge museum ethnographic, with absolutely original monuments of popular architecture from all areas of Romania. Also, in Golesti Park there is a beautiful relaxation and amusement park for children where you can spend a whole day in a healthy and quiet place. Children can ride horses and ponies, play zip lines or have fun with traditional toys.

   Apr-Oct: daily 09:00-18:00; Nov-Mar: daily 08:00-16:00·Adult 10 lei, senior or student 5 lei

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   Saint John Church

   Biserica Sfântul Ioan Bogoslovul

   It was built in the 16th century by Kaplea from Goleşti. It was for almost 300 years a hermitage of nuns, apparently dedicated to the Namaiești Monastery. The builder was from Goleşti, the direct niece of the parable Baldovin, a relative of the voivode Neagoe Basarab, the wife of Radu Golescu, a great clucer in 1540, a boyar of great trust and the support of the rulers Radu Paisie and Pătraşcu cel Bun. The church was built on the house of his daughter Nenesa, the wife of Radu postelnic from Brâncoveni, the mother of Ivaşcu, a man of Trust and advisor to Alexandru Vodă. The painting is in fresco, it seems from 1758. Today it is only the chapel of the cemetery. In 1770 the church was burned by the Turks and later rebuilt with the money of the slums from Pitesti and the priest Matei. Here is the inscription: "And in the rebellion of the Muscals, the Turks burned this church, after grazing they were shredded again and covered with slabs and stone pillars at the expense of the priest Matei sin Grajdean Cojocar, helping Jupân Niful Cojocarul and other rulers in the days Alexandru Ipsilant. Leat 7290 October ”The beautiful painting where Alexandru Ipsilanti is portrayed still exists.

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   St. Martyr Demetrios Church

   Biserica „Sf. M. Mc. Dimitrie”

   it has a special historical load, being the preferred place for carrying the advice of some High Prelates with Tudor Vladimirescu.

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   The ruins of the Brâncoveanu's vineyard mansion in Valea Mare-Podgoria

   Ruinele conacului brâncovenesc de vie din Valea Mare-Podgoria

   The wallachian prince Constanin Brâncoveanu spent here picking vines, on his way from the royal court from Târgovişte to the one from Bucharest, on the road of Potlogi and Mogoşoaia.

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    Vila Bulandra

    Built in 1896 at the edge of the forest by the same craftsmen who erected Pelisor Castle in Sinaia, here lived the Romanian actress Lucia Sturza Bulandra and her husband, Tony Bulandra.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Ștefănești (CC BY-SA 4.0).