Studia Humanitatis No. I (III) / 2017
Monasteries and churches in Vâlcea County in a report by Ioan Slavici to the Minister for Religious Affairs and Public Education
Dumitru Vlăduț Ioan Slavici and architect G. Mandrea surveyed monasteries in Muntenia and Oltenia in 1881 as members of the Commission for the Survey of Monuments, producing a detailed report on 64 historical sites. The article focuses on their findings concerning Vâlcea County monasteries — including Arnota, Bistrița, Cozia, and Hurezi — documenting their historical value, physical condition, and proposed purposes amid widespread neglect.