St. Nicholas Church, Făgăraș

For some four decades, the local Orthodox used churches in neighboring villages, as the Protestant and Catholic authorities of the Principality of Transylvania refused to approve a new one.

Michael agreed on certain conditions: the walls were to be neither too thick nor too high, and were not to obstruct the view of the Făgăraș Citadel.

[1] Above the door, a Romanian Cyrillic inscription features the Wallachian coat of arms, mentions that Brâncoveanu was the ktetor and a construction date of 1698.

In 1948, when the new Communist regime outlawed the Greek Catholic Church, the building was transferred to Orthodox control.

The iconostasis is the largest surviving Brâncovenesc example, considerably larger than at Horezu or the Târgoviște Princely Church.