St. Nicholas Cathedral, Tulcea

The original church on the site, a small wooden structure, was built in the 18th century by Romanian refugees from nearby Beștepe, who fled depredation by bashi-bazouk soldiers, preferring the security of Tulcea.

Later, the community received special approval to raise a larger church, complete with domes, becoming the town's first such building.

[2] In 1867, while traveling to Constantinople for his investiture, Prince Carol I of Romania stopped at the nearly finished church, donating a metal chalice and a hundred gold coins.

[4] In 1878, when Dobruja was incorporated into the Romanian Old Kingdom and ministers visited, the church received 10,000 lei for immediate improvements, including a new iconostasis to replace the one improvised out of planks.

[5] Ștefan Luchian participated in the painting, which however remained unfinished when the church reopened and with a dedication ceremony presided by Metropolitan Partenie Clinceni in May 1900.