Cozia Monastery,

Cozia Monastery, erected close to C?lim?ne?ti by Mircea the Elder in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of country wide medieval art and structure in Romania. The name of the monastery is of Cuman origin and it means "walnut grove", from Turkic word koz, which means walnut. The authentic call of the vicinity turned into the Romanian equal, Nucetul, but already in 1387, a report of Mircea cel Batran uses the cutting-edge name. The fortified cloister dates from the muse 1388 and is the best in Byzantine fashion preserved in Romania. Two chapels are included inside the facet toward the Olt River and their Byzantine cupolas are contemplated inside the water, creating one of the maximum iconic cultural - herbal landmarks in Romania.

The look of the church changed into modified underneath Neagoe Basarab 1517, ?erban Cantacuzino and Constantin Brâncoveanu 1707, who added a veranda, a new fountain, a chapel and a watch tower, including to its structure the 'brâncovenesc fashion'. The wall aspects' decorations with stone rosettes, horizontal Byzantine-style rows of brick and stone and vertical frames are unparalleled in Wallachian architecture. The resemblance with Lazarica church shows that Mircea cel B?trân has hired Serbian craftsmen from the Morava School.