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Bistrița Monastery (Vâlcea)

Coordinates: 45°11′20″N 24°02′24″E / 45.188873°N 24.03991°E / 45.188873; 24.03991
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This article is about the Bistrița Monastery located in Vâlcea County, Romania. For a list of monasteries bearing the same name, see Bistrița Monastery (disambiguation).
Monastery church
Interior of the church

Bistrița Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Bistrița, pronounced [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located in Bistrița village, Costești Commune, Vâlcea County, Romania.

Initially built between 1492 and 1494 by the Craiovești boyars, it was destroyed in 1509 by Mihnea cel Rău and subsequently rebuilt between 1515 and 1519 by the Craiovești. The monastery was rebuilt for a third time between 1846 and 1855, following the damage sustained during the 1838 earthquake. The new church was painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu.

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Photograph from the 1860s by Carol Szathmari

45°11′20″N 24°02′24″E / 45.188873°N 24.03991°E / 45.188873; 24.03991

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