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St. Nicholas Orthodox (Former Greek Catholic) Church

Biserica Sfântul Nicolae
St. Nicholas Orthodox (Former Greek Catholic) Church
Biserica Sfântul Nicolae
Fagaras Biserica Brancoveanu
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
church
Current function:
church
Church:
Orthodox
Address:
Strada Tudor Vladimirescu 16
Historical Hungarian county:
Fogaras
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.8399545267, 24.9782889678
Google map:

History

The church was built between 1697 and 1698 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu of Wallachia on the model of the chapel of his palace in Mogoșoaia.

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