Cozia

Cozia Monastery stands beside the Olt where the river cuts through the Southern Carpathians. Its church and surrounding buildings occupy a narrow place between steep wooded slopes and the water. Prince Mircea the Elder founded the monastery in the late 1380s, endowing it with lands and rights along the river. Dedicated to the Holy Trinity, it became both a religious centre and a resting place for its founder, who died in 1418. The monastery watched over a route linking Wallachia with Transylvania through the Olt gorge.