THE CHURCH OF THE BEHEADING OF BAPTIST SAINT JOHN

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Catholic Community from Târgoviste is very old, its beginnings coexist with the beginnings of Târgoviște Citadel (reign of Mircea the Elder). Historical data about existence of this Community have been emerging since 1457. Over the course of history, as parishes of catholic community from here were the superiors of Franciscan monastery from city, until 1867, when the church and nearby monastery were handed over to Apostolic Vicariate of Bucharest, in exchange for a fixed amount of money as compensation. The first Catholic church, built in place of present one, it has been mentioned in documents since 1532. Francesco della Valle Padovan wrote in 1532 that at Târgoviste ”it was a church of St. Francisc, with several observant Franciscan monks, who make church ceremony according to rules of Catholic Church”. This church is still mentioned in 1813 and 1836, despite eight fires suffered. Several voivodes (rulers) supported its recovery, last one being Constantin Brâncoveanu, in 1698.

The shrine that we see today built in 1768 replaced an older wooden church "made by the Metropolitan Father Theodosius". It is, of course, about the metropolitan of the Romanian Country, Theodosius, who founded the first church here, probably during his first pastorate (1668-1672). Considered the last hall church of the medieval era built in Târgoviște, the church with the dedication of Saints Athanasius and Cyril is called picturesque by the locals "St. Tanase ". It is a building of modest size, made up of pronaos, nave and apse of the altar.

Small in size, the building originally served as a courtyard church of the Cantacuzino family, and its architecture enchants us with the Brancovean elements, specific to the era. The church also hosts a small exhibition with icons, books and objects of priceless worship.

It was one of the first churches built in the time of Matei Basarab, on a rectangular plan without a porch, with a bell tower on the pronaos, a tower that collapsed in the 19th century, but was replaced by a wooden one. Here it is a tomb plaque from 1654. Paying special attention to the monuments of Târgoviște, Constantin Brâncoveanu repaired and repainted the church of Buzinca.

It was built in 1654 by Udriște Năsturel and is located in the old center of the city. It is the only church whose name, very suggestive and rarely, shows strictly economic concerns of those who laid the foundations of the settlement. The tower above the nave, collapsed at the earthquake in 1940, was restored and painted in the traditional style by Prof. Vasile Blendea. The facades present a beautiful combination of elements of old tradition in the architecture of the Romanian Country with those from Moldova, when the church of the Stelea monastery was built.

The church "Saints Emperors" from Târgoviste, founded on September 15th , 1650 by Matei Basarab and his wife Elena is of great architectural value by its proportions, by the external architecture, by the interior architecture, also having an extremely valuable interior painting.

Monument of great architectural importance, representative of the religious building of the medieval Târgoviște, the church bearing the dedication of Saints Voivodes and Archangels Michael and Gavril is located in the immediate vicinity of the perimeter of the old center. Beside, immediately to the north, it was the house where Ion Heliade Radulescu born, name that was later given to this street.

The Church of St. George was built by the saint ruler Neagoe Basarab, who decided at the beginning of his reign to build a small church above a well. It seems that the voivode's plan was to keep part of the treasure in this hideout, both the eyes of the Turks and those of the boyars. The church is rectangular, initially without a porch. An important feature of the church plan is the apse of the altar that has a shaft edge.