Short trips, long stories
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Negru Vodă Monastery
A monastery complex founded by Negru Vodă in 1215 and rebuilt by Matei Basarab. The first book of teachings printed in Romanian came out here.
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Mateiaș Heroes' Mausoleum
A monument of national importance to the heroes of the War of National Unification, 1916-1918. Built between 1928 and 1935, it holds the remains of more than 400 soldiers.
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Vila Golescu
Built by Vasile Golescu, son of the 1848 revolutionary Alecu Golescu-Arăpilă. The villa still holds its original furniture, lamps and objects.
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Arca lui Noe Park
A life-size Noah's Ark, full-scale dinosaurs, a zoo, the Egg Museum and the windmill in the lavender field. The area's go-to family day out.
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Lake Râușor
A reservoir on the Râul Târgului, held back by a dam 118 m high and 386 m long, built in 1985.
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Nămăiești Monastery
A monastery carved into the rock, built in 1547 under Prince Mircea Ciobanul. A place of pilgrimage, with a legend that goes back to Dacian times.
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Bărăția (Church of St James the Apostle)
A Gothic Catholic complex. The present church dates from 1760 and stands on the foundations of a building from the second half of the 13th century.
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Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art
Housed in Casa Ștefănescu, the oldest secular building in Câmpulung, restored to plans by Dumitru Ionescu Berechet.
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Jidova Roman Fort
Built between AD 190 and 211 and seen as the most important defensive fort on the Limes Transalutanus, guarding the roads to the Bran Pass.
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