Curtea de Argeş is a town in Romania, situated on the right bank of the Argeş river, where it flows through a valley of the lower Carpathians, on the railway from Piteşti to the Rothenthurm Pass. Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. ... Argeş is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the Făgăraş Mountains, in the Carpathians and flows into the Danube. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Piteşti (population: 168,000) is a city in Argeş county of the Wallachia region of Romania, on the Argeş river. ...
1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
History
The city is one of the oldest in Romania. According to tradition it was founded early in the 14th century by Prince Radu Negru, succeeding Câmpulung as capital of Wallachia. Hence its name Curtea (The Court). It contains a few antique churches (among them the Curtea de Argeş Cathedral) and it was created a bishopric at the close of the 18th century. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Câmpulung (Câmpulung Muşcel) is a city in the Arges county, Romania. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... The Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş is one the most famous buildings in Romania, stands in the grounds of a monastery, 1 1/2 m north of the city. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Coonsidering all the monuments of the residence of the Wallachian princes in Arges, the church founded by the pious prince Neagoe Basarab (1512-1521) is one of the most important contructions of art and religious architecture.
Although unfinished, in 1517 the Prince founder decided the Monastery of CurteadeArges to be consacrated on the Assumption of the Virgin - its dedication day - with great pomp in the presence of outstanding Orthodox religious personalities, led by the Ecumenic Patriarch Theolipt of Constantinople.
In 1521, when the founder passed away, his body was buried in the pronaos, which thus became a princely necropolis.
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