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- Targoviste – A Capital’s CharmDrobeta Turnu Severin – A Bridge Across The AgesSearching For Tranquility Around BucharestCalimanesti, Olanesti, Govora – Oltenia’s Health SpringsAlba Iulia and Codex AureusIasi – A City Imbued With History and CultureThe Deva Fortress – Active Witness to Transylvania’s HistoryRupea Stronghold, The Core of Brasov CountyScarisoara Cave, Glacier Chill in Summer TimeMuierilor Cave, Symbol of Fertility and HolinessOrsova – Heavy Industry Meets the Roman EmpireThe Heaven of Cherry Orchards, in CetateleCurtisoara Museum – a Cradle of SpiritualityBaile Felix – a Balneary Resort for All AgesIzei Valley – Maramures Finest Traditions and LocationsHarman – A Small Part of Brasov’s CultureMuseums and places to visit in OradeaVidraru Dam and Lake, a Wonder of Nature, Confined by ManAncient Cities in the Constanta AreaSfantul Ioan Domnesc Monument-Church – The Shadow of Stefan cel MarePutna Monastery – The Spiritual Center of MoldaviaOcnele Mari: Salt Mines, Spa and Rich HistoryBaile Govora – One of The Oldest Romanian SpasCraiova – The Heart of OlteniaRules for Visiting the Protected Nature AreasArad – One Millenia on the Banks of MuresTargu Jiu and the Endless ColumnBucura Lake – The Largest Glacier Lake in RomaniaTraveling to Sfantu GheorgheLipscani – “The Old Leipzig” of BucharestCule – Strange Strongholds of a Riotous PastVatra DorneiCluj NapocaDobrudja and the Danube DeltaBucharest – an european capitalBrasov – Part of the “Heart” of RomaniaTimisoara, Little ViennaRosia MontanaPeriam “Rock la Mures” FestSinaiaVama VecheSighisoara, medieval heavenHunedoaraSighisoaraSibiu – modernity with a German touchA visit in Piatra-NeamtVama Veche versus MamaiaThe mountain tourism in RomaniaA trip to Muntii ApuseniAn incursion in legends – BranTrips and winter sports on Valea PrahoveiTransilvania – The medieval land of StrongholdsBucovina and Northern MoldaviaMaramures – A Land From TalesTan and Fun at the Black SeaA wild land – The Danube Delta
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Searching For Tranquility Around Bucharest
Getting to know Bucharest is not easy, as the capital city of Romania has a lot to offer, but, if, by any chance, you succeed in accomplishing this, not far from it, there are a couple of places worth visiting, too.
12 km far from Bucharest, close to the Pantelimon village, on an island in the middle of Cernica Lake, there is a monastery dating from 1608. A wooden church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, was built during the time of Radu Voda Serban, by the high official Cernica Stirbei. There are proofs that an even older church existed there at the time when Cernica Monastery was founded. The stone building appeared after the great earthquake from 1802, during the reign of Ion Caragea, and, a couple of years later, a second church was built, dedicated to Saint George.
Saint Hierarch Calinic (1787 – 1868) was abbot of the Monastery Cernica during 1818 – 1850. He was a devout man who ceaselessly worked for helping the poor and providing orphans with shelters and schools. His cell has become a memorial house and there is a story related to the strange fact that frogs never make noise near it. It is said that they disturbed him while he was praying, so he blessed them and asked them to never come near his shelter and, through the power of his faith, the frogs obeyed his request.
Important cultural figures are buried in the Monastery Cernica’s graveyard: the writer Gala Galaction, the painter Ion Tuculescu, the great theologian Dumitru Staniloaie, the metropolitan Nifon (whose tomb is painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu).
Saint Hierarch Calinic was also involved in founding the Monastery Pasarea, situated 29 km far from Bucharest, near the Lake Pustnicu. A small wooden church was built at the beginning of the XIXth century by the Archimandrite Timotei, then, after it was severely damaged by an earthquake, a stone construction appeared, through the efforts of the Saint Hierarch Calinic. The Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Anghel (1904 – 1966), who created Eminescu’s statue, in front of the Romanian Athenaeum, spent his last years at Pasarea Monastery.
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