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Monastery in Dâmbovița County, Romania

Dealu Monastery
Mănăstirea Dealu
Church of Dealu Monastery
Religion
Affiliation Eastern Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Nunnery
Patron Saint Nicholas
Year consecrated 1501
Status Active
Location
Location Viforâta, Dâmbovița County, Romania
Geographic coordinates 44°57′30″N 25°28′54″E / 44.958351°N 25.481675°E / 44.958351; 25.481675
Architecture
Architect(s) Manolis of Niaesia
Founder Radu IV the Great
Groundbreaking 26 August 1499[1]
Materials Carved stone, brick[2]
Website
Mănăstirea Dealu

Dealu Monastery is a 15th-century monastery in Dâmbovița County, Romania, located 6 km north of Târgoviște.

The church of the monastery is dedicated to Saint Nicholas.

Dealu Monastery narthex is considered one of the largest funerary spaces in the country, here being buried several voivodes, princes and clergymen. In chronological order, those buried at Dealu Monastery are:

  1. ^ Dumitru, Cornelia (2 July 2014). "Mănăstirea Dealu (Dâmbovița), locul unde se află capul lui Mihai Viteazul". Agerpres (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Elementele arhitecturale specifice bisericii Mănăstirii Dealu". Mănăstirea Dealu (in Romanian).
  3. ^ "Manastirea Dealu". CrestinOrtodox.ro (in Romanian).