

In short, the company and stuff are super foreign and people friendly, to explain their kindness, I will need to use this formula: “the most kind human ever multiply on eternity”. Build a story while walking through the history of the crypt. The place could also benefit from me pictures and descriptions of how it was looking at the time of the discovery, the intention for digging, the challenges encountered, etc. While it would have been so much nicer to keep findings in their original context. Everything is apparently put in a museum. Which rather remove curiosity and amazement from the tourist. While in some churches in other countries the bones are visible, there everything is removed. There are nice mosaics towards the end of the walk, after passing many tombs with flat and arched tops giving an indication of when they were built (together with find artefacts not displayed anymore). Also there was no space for people to sit and watch the video so, really, it better be placed somewhere else. I wished they had put that video closer to the entrance rather than quasi at the end of the path. The video teaching us on the evolution of the church construction was quite interesting to put in perspective what you can see. The access is not made for people having difficulties walking as there is a lot of stairs and the roof might be low on some areas. Visiting St Sofia was underwhelming at first but it got much better when visiting the crypt. The future Archbishop's and Royal Cathedral from Curtea de Argeș was consecrated on December 7, 2018, being expected that with its definitive consecration, it will also take over from the Argeș Monastery church the function of the archiepiscopal cathedral. In 2009, the construction of a new cathedral began for the seat of the Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel, as well as the tombs of the members of the Royal Family of Romania and the relics of Saint Filofteia. In 1886, the restoration of the church was finished and the construction of the royal palace on the eastern side of the complex began, which would later be transformed into the episcopal palace. At the initiative of Charles I, the church was restored starting in 1875 by the French architect Lecomte du Noüy, which resulted in the replacement of the original fresco with a new painting and other radical changes to the interior structure. If in 1857 the monastic complex was preserved in its entirety, two fires in 18 destroyed the buildings of the seminary, respectively the dwellings, the chapel and the entrance tower. Apart from the royal tombs, the Curtea de Argeș Monastery also houses the relics of Saint Filofteia. During the time of Carol I, the cathedral was transformed into a necropolis for the royal family of Romania.
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The cathedral is included in the List of historical monuments in Romania, having the classification code AG-II-a-A-13628. The ensemble includes the episcopal cathedral, one of the most famous architectural monuments in Wallachia. Curtea de Argeș Monastery is an Orthodox monastery in Romania, located in the city of Curtea de Argeș, built between 1515-1517 by Neagoe Basarab.
