Câmpulung
What to see in Câmpulung
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Princely monasteryMănăstirea Negru Vodă
Monastery of monks on the site of the princely church of Wallachia's first rulers, rebuilt by Matei Basarab after the 1628 earthquake, entered through a 36 m bell tower.
The church holds the tomb of Nicolae Alexandru Basarab, who died in 1364, with one of the oldest princely tombstones in the country, and the monastery keeps the relics of Saint Ioanichie the New of Muscel.
Strada Negru Vodă, la intrarea dinspre Pitești, la 700 m de Bărăția
2Medieval Catholic churchBiserica Bărăția
The Roman Catholic Church of Saint James, the oldest Catholic place of worship in Bucharest's archdiocese, of which the Gothic choir survives, next to a clock tower that is the town's symbol.
The church holds the tombstone of Count Laurentius from the year 1300, the oldest medieval inscription in Wallachia and the first written mention of Câmpulung.
Strada Negru Vodă, în centrul orașului
3Mausoleum of the 1916 heroesMausoleul de la Mateiaș
Monument and ossuary built in 1928–1935 on the hill where the Romanian army stopped the advance of the Central Powers towards Câmpulung in autumn 1916.
The ossuary holds the remains of more than 2,300 Romanian soldiers in 31 crypts, and the museum rooms explain the 1916 fighting around Câmpulung.
Dealul Mateiaș, comuna Valea Mare-Pravăț, pe DN73 spre Rucăr, la 10 km de centru
4Monastery with a rock-cut churchMănăstirea Nămăiești
Convent with its church carved into a rock, dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin and to the Life-Giving Spring.
The church is a converted cave and keeps an icon of the Virgin that tradition attributes to Saint Luke the Apostle, covered in silver in 1798.
Nămăiești, comuna Valea Mare-Pravăț, la 7,5 km de centru- 5Ethnographic museum
Muzeul de Etnografie și Artă Populară
The ethnography branch of the Câmpulung Municipal Museum, in a two-storey Muscel house of 1735, with peasant interiors, folk costumes, craft objects and pottery from the Muscel area.
The house, built in 1735, is the oldest civil building in Câmpulung, and the collection shows the costume and crafts of Muscel.
Strada Republicii, centrul vechi, la 450 m de Bărăția