Cozia Monastery
Cozia Monastery | ||
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Mănăstirea Cozia | ||
Year consecrated 1388 | | |
Status | Active | |
Location | ||
Location | Călimănești, Vâlcea County, Romania | |
Geographic coordinates | 45°16′18″N 24°18′56″E / 45.27159°N 24.31549°E | |
Architecture | ||
Founder | Mircea the Elder | |
Groundbreaking | 1387 | |
Completed | 1391 |
Cozia Monastery, erected close to
History
The name of the monastery is of Cuman origin and it means "walnut grove", from Turkic word koz, meaning walnut.[1] The original name of the place was the Romanian equivalent, Nucetul, but already in 1387, a document of Mircea cel Bătrân uses the current name.[1]
The fortified cloister dates from the foundation (1388) and is the only in Byzantine style preserved in Romania. Two chapels are incorporated in the side toward the Olt River and their Byzantine cupolas are reflected in the water, creating one of the most iconic cultural - natural landmarks in Romania.
The church façades' decorations with stone
The appearance of the church was modified under
Of great value is the hospital church, 'bolnița' (1543), with original well-preserved indoor frescoes like the votive portrait of ruler Mircea cel Bătrân and his sons.
Cozia was painted between 1390 and 1391. Some of the original frescoes (1390) are still well preserved.
The church of the monastery was put on a Romanian stamp in 1968.
Museum
Cozia features a museum of exhibiting old art: old manuscripts and prints, embroideries and objects of worship.
Burials
- Mircea I of Wallachia
- Carol Hohenzollern
References
- ^ OCLC 460710897.
- ^ Millet, G. (1933). Cozia et les églises serbes de la Morava, in: Mélanges offerts à M. Nicolas Iorga par ses amis de la France et des pays de langue française (in French). Paris. pp. 827–856.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Theodorescu, R. (1974). Bizant, Balcani, Occident la inceputurile culturii medievaleromanesti (secolele X–XIV) (in Romanian). București.
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External links
Media related to Cozia Monastery at Wikimedia Commons
- The Cozia Monastery, official site, but currently (3 sept 2015) hacked by some malware system.
- (in Romanian) Mănăstirea Cozia, at Episcopia Râmnicului
- Virtual Tour of Cozia Monastery Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine