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A red-brick basilica in the Romanesque style with Gothic touches, built between 1875 and 1883 to plans by Friedrich von Schmidt; the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest.
The oldest church in Făgăraș, built in 1697–1698 on the orders of Constantin Brâncoveanu, with an open porch, carved stone window frames, 18th-century frescoes and an original iconostasis.
A medieval church on the edge of Sfântu Gheorghe, with 13th-century origins and 14th–15th-century wall paintings: the legend of King Ladislaus, the Passion and the Last Judgement.
An Orthodox church on Calea Victoriei, between Lipscani and Stavropoleos, rebuilt from 1850 on the site of a place of worship more than three centuries old, with paintings by Gheorghe Tattarescu and the relics of Saint Cyprian.
Bârsana's old wooden church, dating from 1711, stands on Jbâr Hill in an orchard full of crosses; inside is Toader Hodor's Baroque painting of 1806. A UNESCO site.
The Gothic church of the Saxons on School Hill, with 15th-century frescoes, the only crypt in Transylvania and altars rescued from nearby villages, at the top of the covered wooden staircase of 1642.
A 13th-century Romanesque basilica turned Saxon fortress, 10 km from Sibiu: a bell tower with a clock dating from 1425, double walls and a small museum.
A Saxon church fortified around 1510, with a tall choir under a star vault, a bell tower with a timber gallery and a winegrowers' village around it, in the Wine Country.
A 19th-century Lutheran church with an 1813 organ, enclosed by an oval 15th-century wall, on a hill in the middle of a quiet Saxon village a few kilometres off the DN13.
A wooden church from 1770 dedicated to Saint Paraskeva, painted in 1780 by Radu Munteanu with a crowded Last Judgement; one of the eight Maramureș churches on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A church in central Bucharest, built in 1881–1885 on the site of three earlier churches, with exposed-brick façades, rich interior painting and the tomb of Domnița Bălașa, daughter of Constantin Brâncoveanu.
The Orthodox cathedral in Avram Iancu Square, built between 1923 and 1933 in the Neo-Byzantine style with Brâncoveanu elements, with a central dome ringed by 18 columns and an interior being covered gradually in mosaic.
A small 19th-century wooden church with a shingle roof and whitewashed walls, tucked among trees in Isverna, with a painted iconostasis and folk murals inside.
A 13th-century Romanesque church with a richly carved portal, enclosed by a double ring of walls in the Hârtibaciu valley, with the Făgăraș Mountains behind.
The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin on Ieud's rocky hillside, built in 1611–1621, painted inside by Alexandru Ponehalschi and the place where the Ieud Codex was found. A UNESCO site.
