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| Curtea de Arges Monastery |
As history tells, Curtea de Arges Monastery is one of the oldest settlements.You can find this monastery in county Arges , in Romania.
This monastery has a legend behind, Manole's legend. The legend begins when Neagoe Basarab(1512-1517) put in charge Manole to build the most beautiful monastery possible.He and the other manufactures have started to build the monastery, only they had a small problem. Everything previously built during the day was in vain, because when the night was falling the building collapse.They after day, they tried to raise the building but they weren't lucky.The same thing was happening.One day, Manole had a dream, a dream that would help him to finish the construction.In his dream, someone told him that the walls will hold only if the workers will build on the foundation the first women they will meet.Manole told the other about the dream he had, and with all the pain in their soul, they decided to do as they were told.They swore they will keep the secret, because the first women to be seen, could be one of their loved ones. Ana,( Manole's wife), like the others worker's wife was coming everyday to bring food to her husband.The second day Manole prayed to God to something to prevent Ana to come that day with food.God heard him and that day began to rain.But Ana's love for Manole was too big, and she was the only one of the wife that come to bring Manole's food.Being unable to do anything at this point, Manole was forced to take the plan to it ends. He did not said anything about this to Ana, only he took her and put her in the foundation.At first Anna thought that Manole was doing her a joke and said to him to stop because she was in pain.Even if it hurt him doing this to Ana, Manole did not stop and buried her alive in the South wall.Did I forgot to say that Ana was pregnant? Poor Ana...and her baby.But the man in Manole's dream was right: the building remained standing.
This monastery has a legend behind, Manole's legend. The legend begins when Neagoe Basarab(1512-1517) put in charge Manole to build the most beautiful monastery possible.He and the other manufactures have started to build the monastery, only they had a small problem. Everything previously built during the day was in vain, because when the night was falling the building collapse.They after day, they tried to raise the building but they weren't lucky.The same thing was happening.One day, Manole had a dream, a dream that would help him to finish the construction.In his dream, someone told him that the walls will hold only if the workers will build on the foundation the first women they will meet.Manole told the other about the dream he had, and with all the pain in their soul, they decided to do as they were told.They swore they will keep the secret, because the first women to be seen, could be one of their loved ones. Ana,( Manole's wife), like the others worker's wife was coming everyday to bring food to her husband.The second day Manole prayed to God to something to prevent Ana to come that day with food.God heard him and that day began to rain.But Ana's love for Manole was too big, and she was the only one of the wife that come to bring Manole's food.Being unable to do anything at this point, Manole was forced to take the plan to it ends. He did not said anything about this to Ana, only he took her and put her in the foundation.At first Anna thought that Manole was doing her a joke and said to him to stop because she was in pain.Even if it hurt him doing this to Ana, Manole did not stop and buried her alive in the South wall.Did I forgot to say that Ana was pregnant? Poor Ana...and her baby.But the man in Manole's dream was right: the building remained standing.
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| The wall where Ana was built in it |
When the construction was nearly finished, Neagoe asked Manole and the other if they will be able to build a more beautiful monastery than this one.They answered with the wrong word YES .Because of this, Neagoe took the scaffolding foundation, and left them on the roof with no possibility of going down.Beeing stuck there, they tried to built wings from pieces of wood to be able to go down, but they failed.They all died, when they tried to fly.The legend says that in the place where they die appeared a fountain.
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