Archdiocesan Cathedral of Targoviste - details and images
The current archbishop's cathedral is dedicated `` and `` Ascension is located near downtown Targoviste. With all that moved Mircea the Old, in the year 1400, the royal seat in Targoviste, Metropolitan Arges remained until 1515.
Neagoe in 1518, asking for absolution Nifon Metropolitan, Metropolitan building begins in Targoviste. Construction was completed in 1537 during Bob Paisie, Neagoe successor.
All this is covered with a sheet of lead and Buit. Some historians believe that the church dates from the reign of Radu the Great (1495-1508) and it was modified by adding Neagoe open porch on three sides and supported by 12 columns.
This church remains the metropolitan country in 1520 and until 1688 when he moved to Bucharest in the reign of Radu Leon. Matei Basarab (1632 - 1654), set up Metropolitan Targoviste buildings for book printing in a Romanian dialect. About wonderful church, said the country's chronic it gets tired eyes of her vision and Aleppo Paul describes as the largest church that was built up to that time and later in the Romanian Country.
As a large church architecture resembles the Snagov monastery, built everything Neagoe, lacking lateral sinuses. Under Constantin Brancoveanu (1688 - 1714) Metropolitan Theodosius restored the buildings and the Metropolitan Lovers reestablished its old buildings in which printed books printing job and Orthodox teaching.
A century later, Alexander Ypsilanti eteristii they uncovered the roof, melting lead for bullets. In the next period that the church is damaged considerably. In 1842 they destroyed all the buildings that once formed the Metropolitan Targoviste. There remained only the church and bell tower at the entrance with four bells. In 1889 they decided demolished and between 1892-1895 French architect Ize Compte du Nouy start building the present church. After demolishing the old denominations, the tombs tombstones have been gathered in a church museum. And demolished it in 1943, the tombstones were taken to the city's historical museum.
The present church was built in Byzantine style in brick, open porch, supported by 12 columns. The Greek cross shape. The crossing of the two arms of the cross rises a tower with 12 sides and 12 nave windows. The shrine also has a characteristic shape, with a large apse and two aisles in the longitudinal axis of the altar and serving adjacent deaconry.
Sculpture in wood is rich and gilded iconostasis. Painting executed in 1927 by D. Belizarie background gilded Byzantine style remains a work of great value to our time. The former Metropolitan is still preserved a silver plated head icon Virgin Mary and an epitaph in 1828 also worked in red silk thread.
Today the former monastery of Targoviste serves as parish church, is the cathedral city.
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