Rătești Monastery

Because of the lack of monks, the monastery went deserted in 1752, and in 1760 was revived as community of nuns.

The monastery church was built in a mixed neoclassical and local ecclesiastical style.

The bell tower, erected by Dionisie Romano in 1854, was re-designed and reduced in height to 18 meters in 1894, when it was rebuilt after an earthquake.

The museum was opened in 1975, in a wide hall painted in 1859 by a monk from the nearby Ciolanu Monastery.

Other items on display are numerous icons painted on wood or glass, as well as gold and silver-thread embroidery.