Brebu Monastery

The Brebu Monastery in Romania is one of the most crucial architectural achievements of the rule of Matei Basarab and of Romanian art within the seventeenth century. Constructions started out in 1640. The Romanian Orthodox monastery is placed inside the present-day locality of Brebu Manastirei, Prahova County, Romania. It is located inside the foothills of the Bucegi and Grohotis Mountains. The architectural complicated at Brebu is presently preserved in its preliminary form, being one of the few Romanian medieval monuments that is extensively preserved. The monastery's chapel is just like that of the Dealu Monastery, and has dimensions of 30 x 10 m, constructed in a triconic formation, with a tower extending from the nave and any other two smaller towers from the pre-nave. The partitions of the chapel/church have a thickness of two metres, and are comprised of burnt bricks and stone. The outdoors decoration is function of Wallachian architecture at that point, being fairly with out ornaments. Some of the ornamental elements resemble those of the past due gothic period in Moldavia.

The indoors decoration of the chapel dates from 1843, and turned into restored through Sava Hen?ia in 1901-1902. The monastery's living quarters are shaped with the aid of 9 rooms and a hall, they all speaking with each other. There is likewise a decrease floor floor containing cellars. The access tower in the complex in all fairness massive, and is seemed as one of the maximum stunning examples of such constructions found in Romania. It is located within the southern a part of the complex, and has 3 stages and a total height of about 20 metres. The 1/3 tiers is used for bells, and has an open space in all 4 sides. Part of the outdoors walls of the tower have been repainted by means of Sava Hen?ia at the start of the 20 th century.