Things to do
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Curtea de Argeș Cathedral
The monastery church of 1517, in a Wallachian style with twisted stone drums and Ottoman and Armenian detail, holding the tombs of the modern kings and queens. The ballad of Master Manole, who is said to have walled his wife in to make it stand, attaches to this building.
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Lake Vidraru
A reservoir of about 870 hectares in the Făgăraș, held by an arch dam of 1966 that was among the highest in Europe when built, with the Transfăgărășan running along its western shore. A statue of Prometheus stands above the crest.
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Poenari Castle
The fortress on a spur above the Argeș gorge that Vlad the Impaler rebuilt in 1462 using boyars he had taken prisoner, reached by 1,480 concrete steps through the forest. The stair closes when bears are active, which is often.
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Princely Church of Saint Nicholas
The court church of about 1352, the oldest building in the country still standing complete and in use, with fresco cycles of the 1360s that are the finest medieval painting in Wallachia.