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„mahala”. 196 Numărul lor însemnat îşi găseşte o puternică<br />

rezonanţă în cuvintele unui mare ierarh al Bisericii, născut pe<br />

aceste meleaguri: „Noi românii avem marele noroc de a ni se fi<br />

păstrat monumentele bisericeşti contemporane cu începutul nostru<br />

politic”. „Dacă unora dintre ele nu li se cunoaşte vechimea, ele<br />

însele se constituie în document”. 197 Se cuvine, aşadar, să acordăm<br />

o atenţie deosebită acestor biserici, ridicate, atât în centrul oraşului,<br />

cât şi pe vârfurile dealurilor, ca mărturii vii ale unei civilizaţii,<br />

deosebit de înfloritoare, din punct de vedere religios, în ţinuturile<br />

Olteniei.<br />

Abstract: A Brief Look at Churches in Râmnicu Vâlcea<br />

The Râmnicu Valcea city, situated in the Central-East side of the<br />

Valcea county, at the confluence of the Olanesti and Olt rivers, is the<br />

most important locality of the Eparchy of Ramnic. Attested on the<br />

20 th of May 1388, when Mircea cel Batran voievod (1386-1418)<br />

straightens the Cozia Monastery, its foundation, a „mill in<br />

Ramnic” offered by Dan I (1383-1386) and a vineyard, made by<br />

jupan Budu, according to the will of Radu I, the settlements still<br />

keeps the mysteries of the old times. From the old city, one may<br />

still see the walls which surround the „Mircea cel Batran” park,<br />

ruins of the voievodal court and the material live presences of the<br />

ruler on these lands. Along with these remains, Ramnicul, having<br />

been named Episcopal residence, may pride itself with an<br />

impressive number of places of worship which stands proof of the<br />

fact it used to be considered a veritable spiritual city for the<br />

believers on the right shore of the Olt river. Along with the<br />

Diocesan residence, the „Cuvioasa Parascheva Church”, voievodal<br />

foundation, the Cetatuia and Inatesti hermitages or the new<br />

settlements which were built in the last years were taken into<br />

consideration. From the isolated hermitages, to the majestic<br />

churches, the municipality shelters a rich dowry of iconography<br />

and Romanian architecture, with an evolution whose origins begin<br />

in the 15 th century. We should note that a part of them represent<br />

the works of famous painters such as Gheorghe Tattarescu or<br />

196<br />

RADU CREŢEANU, Bisericile de lemn din Vâlcea, în MO, an. XXXIII,<br />

1981, nr. 1-3, p. 107.<br />

197<br />

VALERIU ANANIA, Cerurile Oltului, Râmnicu Vâlcea, 1990, p. 24.<br />

177

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