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Agapia și Văratec
What to see in Agapia și Văratec
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Orthodox conventMănăstirea Agapia
A convent built in 1641–1643 by Hetman Gavriil Coci, brother of Prince Vasile Lupu; the church was painted by the young Nicolae Grigorescu.
The church holds the paintings Nicolae Grigorescu made at the age of 20, and the monastery museum keeps more of his works.
Capătul de vest al satului Agapia, la 4 km de centrul comunei
2Orthodox conventMănăstirea Văratec
A convent founded in 1785 by Mother Olimpiada and the confessor Iosif, with three 19th-century churches and a nuns' village around it.
It is one of the largest convents in Romania, and the poet Veronica Micle is buried here.
Satul Văratec, la 5 km de centrul comunei Agapia
3Hermitage of nunsSchitul Agapia Veche (Agapia din Deal)
The hilltop hermitage where monastic life at Agapia began, in a forest clearing above the monastery in the valley.
By tradition, the hermit Agapie founded his hermitage here in the 14th century, and the monastery, the village and the commune are named after him.
Pe deal, în pădure, la circa 2 km de Mănăstirea Agapia
4Memorial houseCasa Memorială Alexandru Vlahuță
The house with a porch in Agapia's nuns' village where the writer Alexandru Vlahuță spent his summers, now a memorial museum.
Friends such as Ion Luca Caragiale, Barbu Delavrancea, George Coșbuc, Octavian Goga and the painter Nicolae Grigorescu visited Vlahuță here.
Satul monahal Agapia, la circa 200 m de mănăstire- 5Museum in a nuns' house
Muzeul Vivant Agapia
An old nuns' house, still lived in, opened as a museum in 2013, with weaving, pottery and baking workshops.
You see how the nuns live and work in a house of the monastic village, not just objects in display cases.
La intrarea în Mănăstirea Agapia