historic monuments

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVIII) / 2024 ‘The Covrești Church’ and the fascinating Bear Dance – a two-century-old historical monument in Horezu Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

St Basil’s Church in the Covrești (Horezu), built in 1826 by the boyars Ion Stanciu Covrea and Ion Dincă Bălănescu, is presented through its history, the fresco and tempera paintings by the artist Ilie ot Teiuș — including rare scenes such as the Bear Dance and a hora with folk musicians — and its collection of icons, inscriptions and religious artefacts.

Studia Humanitatis No. I (XI) / 2021 Bishop Filaret’s stone fountain (1784) Prof. Dr. Florin Epure

The stone fountain commissioned by Bishop Filaret of Râmnic on 1 September 1784, on the banks of the River Olt, near the ford at Goranu, is examined from a historical, artistic and documentary perspective, with reference to the inscription in verse, the hierarch’s scholarly work and the vicissitudes of the monument, which was finally restored by His Eminence Varsanufie in 2015.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (IV) / 2017 The historical resonance of a foundation Dinu Săraru

The article profiles Patriarch Justinian Marina, to whom the Romanian Orthodox Christian calendar for 2017 is dedicated, presenting him as the son of a peasant from Suiești, Oltenia, who, through diplomacy and wisdom, saved the institution of the Church during the communist era, securing recognition for priests as guardians of historical monuments and keeping ecclesiastical structures operational. The author records the consecration, by the Archdiocese of Râmnic, of a church, a monastery and a house-museum built in the patriarch’s native village, as the central event of the commemorative year.

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.

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