The Museum of Printing and Old Romanian Book

An endowment of Petre Cercel (1583-1585), the great Royal Church was built in the year 1584, at the same time with the Royal Court and next to it. The halidom bears the titular saint "The Virgin Mary's sleep" and was carried out after the model of the inscribed greek cross type churches. The monument stands out of the halidoms built at the end of the 16th century by its until then unencountered proportions, as the rectangle in which is inscribed the external cone measuring 14 x 30 m. Petru Cercel added a balcony above the nave entrance for the royal family, with direct access from the palace through a passage which joined the two constructions. The first painting from the end of the 16th century or beginning of the 17th, partially preserved on the of the deacon's wall above the altar and on the southern wall of the pronaos was superposed on a second layer of painting made between 1696-1698 on Constantin Brancoveanu's iniative. The diversity of the iconographical themes; the colour harmonization sense as well as the expression of the faces make of this church's painting one of the great achievements of the age. The detail abundance, the great number of low proportions scenes, bound together by colouring and scale, creates a strong expression of unity which also detaches itself from almost all the painting ensembles of the Brancoveanu age. We can find in the great Royal Church the largest gallery of Muntenia rulers' faces, preserved and represented by the votive paintings of the church's pronaos, paintings of a great artistic and documentary interest. Thus the western wall of the pronaos is decorated with the portaits of the waivodes Matei Basarab, Neagoe Basarab, then Constantin Brancoveanu and Petru Cercel (in their places as founders, holding the copy of the church), followed by Mihai Viteazu (it's his first presentation with the crown on his head), Radu Serban, Constantin Carnul, Serban Cantacuzino and Radu Mihnea.

This is the first museum of this kind in Romania and in Central and South-Eastern Europe. It focuses on the most important discoveries made in the Upper and Middle Paleolithic in Romania. The museum features artifacts that are definitely part of the universal archaeological heritage, as are the oldest testimonies in the world about the symbolism of the Neanderthal Man.

Gheorghe Petrascu House - Workshop reminds the visitor of the moments spent by the artist who tied himself to Targoviste through his works. The city welcomed him in 1922, when he built a dwelling here. The peaceful, patriarchal city attracted him both through its history visible on the ruins of the Princely Court, but also through its peace and quiet, marking his canvas exhibited in his old workshop.

Also known as Angela Georgescu House, the museum building is a monument of Romanian architecture from the end of the 18th century. The museum hosts Emilia and Vasile Blendea Collection, which features works of art (painting, graphics, sculpture) and memorial items (furniture, work utensils and personal belongings).

Established in 1967, Dambovita Writers Museum welcomes its visitor with first editions, correspondence, vintage furniture, memorial objects, plastic art, photographs, which happily illustrate the writer’s talent and the trials and tribulations of the intellectuals on these lands. The building in which the museum operates belonged to writer Ion Al. Bratescu-Voinesti until the First World War and it was built between 1897 and 1898.

The building of the History Museum was placed, not accidentally, in an area of great historical significance - the Princely Way. The Palace of Justice, today a historical monument, was built at the beginning of the 20th century, being one of the most important testimonies of neo-classical architecture. This is the main exhibition hall of the museum, which tells the visitor about the history of the Romanian people from the Paleolithic period until 1918.

Designed as the headquarters of the Prefecture, the building in which the museum operates is one of the oldest and most beautiful in Targoviste, dating from the end of the 19th century. The museum has a particularly valuable heritage of Romanian art: frescoes, icons, vintage furniture and modern and contemporary works of art signed by Nicolae Grigorescu, Nicolae Tonitza, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petrascu, Stefan Vasilescu, Bob Bulgaru, Nicolae Darascu, Sava Hentia, George Demetrescu Mirea.

The School of Cavalry Officers, ceremonially inaugurated only in 1919 in the presence of King Ferdinand I, is one of the representative institutions of Romanian military education, which functioned in Targoviste between 1910 and 1948. From its benches will emerge some of the elite military personnel of to the country, which will be active in the Second World War, mentioning only the future Marshal Ion Antonescu, a controversial personality from a political point of view but whose real military qualities cannot be withdrawn. As a proof of the high outfit and the exceptional training that was done within this institution, we also mention the names of Felix Ţopescu, Toma Tudoran, from Târgoviște by adoption, originally from Iaşi, and Henri Rang, multiple champions of equestrian competitions in the 1930s. last century in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Poland. Monumental construction, well proportioned, sober, with high and spacious rooms, made between 1907 - 1910, the central building of the School housed the commander's office, classrooms, officers 'casino and students' bedrooms. On its frontispiece will be inscribed the motto of this school: "THE CAVALRY OFFICER MUST BE A RIDER AND A KNIGHT", a motto that is visible until now. Behind the central pavilion were other buildings needed for the barracks: the buildings for the soldiers, the infirmary, the kitchen, the dining room, the bathroom, the laundry, four stables of 84 horses each, two stables, the horse infirmary, the horseshoe, the fodder warehouses. The management, with an area of ​​1000 square meters, had a roof supported by a lacework of beams, anchors and metal tie rods. It allowed riding on bad weather. At the back of the barracks, covering an area of ​​25 hectares, was the racecourse, which also had a grandstand (built by the Equestrian Society "Targoviste", as well as the running track) that allowed spectators to watch the races. horseback riding, jumping over obstacles and other specific exercises. After 1948, the space of the former Cavalry School will remain linked to military activity serving as a barracks for several military units, until 2003. Destiny would reserve an essential role during the events of 1989, which led to the end of the totalitarian regime in Romania. The exhibition concept is reduced to restoring, in proportion of over 90%, the atmosphere of the late '80s and reminding the important legacy of the old Cavalry School from Târgoviște.