Churches and Monasteries in Mehedinti
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Vodita Monastery Less than 1km/0.6mi off E70 motorway, 5km/3.1mi from Orsova and 8km/5mi from Drobeta Turnu Severin. Vodita Monastery was built between 1370 and 1372. The monastery was affected by the otoman invasion over the years. In 1891, bishop Ghenadie described the ruins of the monastery: there were only walls and the basements of the surrounding cells left from the oldest certified church. Between 1991 and 1995, the cells and a beautiful wooden church were built next to the ruins of the old monastery. The monastery architecture borrows some elements from the traditional Maramuresan style (north-eastern part of Romania). Currently, an abbot and several monks live the monastic life at Vodita Monastery. |
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Topolnita Monastery Izvoru Barzii, Mehedinti (27km/17mi from Drobeta Turnu Severin) Topolnita Monastery was originally built in the fourteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1646 and painted in 1673 in the Byzantine style. Remarkably, the Doomsday theme was painted on the exterior western wall, the same as the Monasteries of Moldova. After secularization (1863), the monastery was abandoned. It was re-established in 1930. In 1932, three cells were built next to the monastery. Since then, repairs and restorations were done periodically. At present, an abbot and several monks live the monastic life at Topolnita Monastery. |
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Grecescu Church Decebal 2, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinti The church was founded in 1868 by a boyars family, Ion & Ioana Grecescu. Carol I, Romania 's king at that time hired the Bucharest's architect for this project. The church was built in a style strongly influenced by the architecture of the renowned Curtea de Arges Monastery. The church's walls were painted in a neoclassic style, by Gh. Tatarescu, in 1872. Inaugurated in 1875, it became the orthodox cathedral of the city in 1884. |
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The Romano-Catholic Church Aurelian 2, Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinti Drobeta Turnu Severin, founded in 1823 as a commercial city, was inhabited by many foreigners, mainly by Germans, Austrians and Italians who built their own districts. The Romano-Catholic church and the German school have been built in the German district in 1887. The church has a distinctive, neo-Gothic architectural style. It is visited often by the orthodox community, too, especially on the St. Anthony of Padua's day, on June 13, when the catholics mark his anniversary with a "Lily Celebration". |
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