Churches & monasteries · Bucharest
Stavropoleos Monastery
A jewel-box Brâncovenesc church wedged between Old Town bars.
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Opening hours, admission and address
- Address
- Strada Stavropoleos 4
- Opening hours
- Mon–Sun08:00–19:00
- Admission
- Free. This is a working convent, so the doors follow the service and confession times rather than a fixed timetable: cover shoulders and knees, and stay at the back if the nuns are singing.
- Category
- Churches & monasteries
- Official website
- stavropoleos.ro
- Coordinates
44.43180, 26.09871
Where it is
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Stavropoleos Monastery is one of 23 stops on Bucharest Essentials. The guide adds the story behind it, the detail worth crossing the square for, and the tip that only someone who has stood here would write down.
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