Radu Vodă Monastery

Because of its favorable environment and the elevated terrain close to a big river, the area of the monastery was inhabited starting from the Paleolithic (estimated somewhere between 1,000,000 and 10,000 BC).

[citation needed] The monastery is also the site of the remains of a fortified settlement from the Dacian Era (100 BC – AD 100).

The monastery was founded by Alexandru II Mircea (1568–1577) and his lady Ecaterina (Catherine) to give thanks for their victory in battle.

Upon his death in 1977, the patriarch was laid to rest in a grave in the interior wall of the monastery.

24A on the banks of Dâmbovița River and close to the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral, the monastery is located right in the middle of Bucharest, the capital of Romania.