St. Nicholas Church

Local nameBiserica Sfântul Nicolae
LocationDensuș, Romania

The Densuș Church in the village of Densuș, Hunedoara County is the oldest stone church in Romania.It was built in its present form in the 13th century on the site of a 2nd-century Roman temple, with some materials from the Dacian Sarmizegetusa fortress. It has a stone tower above the naos. Inside the church there are 15th century mural paintings that show Jesus wearing Romanian traditional clothes. These paintings were made by artist Ștefan. In the 18th century more paintings were added by Simion de Pitești.

From 1566 to the end of the 19th century the building functioned as a Calvinist church, too. Because of this, the paintings were lime-whited in the 16th century and its belltower has a Hungarian inscription from 1782.

Tags OrthodoxPlace of WorshipChristian
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densuș_Church

Address Romania

Coordinates 45°34'56.925" N 22°48'19.18" E

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