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{{Infobox religious building
| building_name         = Horezu Monastery
| native_name           = Mănăstirea Horezu
| native_name_lang      = ro
| image                 = Horezu bis man SV.jpg
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| caption               = Church of the Horezu Monastery
| map_type              = Romania Vâlcea 
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| map_caption           =Location within [[Vâlcea County]]
| location              = [[Horezu|Romanii de Sus]], [[Vâlcea County]], [[Romania]]
| coordinates           = {{coord|45|10|10.16|N|24|0|24.26|E|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Eastern Orthodox]]
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| consecration_year     = 1693
| status                = [[Nunnery]]
| functional_status     = Active
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| patron                = Holy Great Sovereigns [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] and [[Helena (empress)|Helen]]
| website               = {{Official website|http://www.orasul-horezu.ro/home}}
| architecture          = yes
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| architecture_style    = [[Brâncovenesc style|Brâncovenesc]]
| founded_by            = [[Constantin Brâncoveanu]]
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| groundbreaking        = 1693
| year_completed        = 1697
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| length                = 32 m
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| height_max            = 14 m
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| footnotes = 
  {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
  |child = yes
  |ID = 597
  |Year = 1993
  |Criteria = Cultural: ii
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The '''Horezu Monastery''' or '''Hurezi Monastery''' was founded in 1690 by Prince [[Constantin Brâncoveanu]] in the town of [[Horezu]], [[Wallachia]], [[Romania]]. It is considered to be a masterpiece of "[[Brâncovenesc style]]", known for its [[architectural]] purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative works.

{{Quote|The Brâncovenesc style, which can be found at several other churches and monasteries in Wallachia, is the only true and original Romanian style and is called "Brancoveanu art" by the name of the ruler who, in a period of constant battles between the world powers of that time, put cultural development of the country above everything and made it the goal of his life.|<ref>[http://www.welcome2romania.ro/en/unique-attractions/horezu-monastery.htm Horezu monastery - remarkable example of pure Romanian "Brancoveanu art". Welcome to Romania]</ref>}}

The monastery has been inscribed by [[UNESCO]] on its list of [[World Heritage Sites]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/597|title=Monastery of Horezu|publisher=[[UNESCO]]}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed >
File:Vedere a manastirii din fata - panoramio.jpg
File:Ansamblul bisericesc al Manastirii Horezu (UNESCO - 2 mai 2008) - panoramio.jpg
Image:Horezu3.JPG
File:2 - panoramio - eug.sim.jpg
Image:Mânăstirea Hurezi (30).jpg
Image:Mânăstirea Hurezi (20).jpg
Image:Mânăstirea Hurezi (43).jpg
Image:Mânăstirea Hurezi (31).jpg
Image:Manastirea Horezu by fusion-of-horisons.jpg
Image:Mânăstirea Hurezi (46).jpg
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of World Heritage Sites in Romania]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Horezu Monastery}}
* [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/597 UNESCO World Heritage List] - Horezu entry
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070520070015/http://www.romanian-monasteries.go.ro/valcea/hurezi.htm Hurezi Monastery at Romanian-monasteries.go.ro]

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[[Category:1690 establishments in Europe]]
[[Category:Horezu|Monastery]]
[[Category:Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Vâlcea County]]
[[Category:Historic monuments in Vâlcea County]]
[[Category:Brâncovenesc style architecture]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in the 1690s]]
[[Category:Christian monasteries established in the 17th century]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Romania]]
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