Colțea Church
heritage site in Bucharest, Romania
The Colțea Church (Romanian: Biserica Colțea) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 1 I. C. Brătianu Boulevard, just off University Square in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs.
History
The church was once at the center of the Colțea Monastery, also called Trisfetitele, a folk name for its patron saints. The complex also included the Colțea Hospital, three chapels, other annexes and, at the entrance, Turnul Colței. A statue of the ktetor, Spătar Mihai Cantacuzino, stands in front of the church and hospital. To the south of the current church, a wooden church and several cells were built by the Sluger Udrea around 1641-1642, and dedicated to Paraskeva of the Balkans. Mentioned in a 1658 document, it was willed to his brother, the High Clucer Colțea Doicescu, who placed it under the authority of the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia. By 1669, the church had given its name to the surrounding district. With the approval of Colțea‘s descendants and the Metropolitan, Cantacuzino purchased the land and built the present stone church between 1695 and 1698. The surrounding houses, which hosted a school, dated to 1696, with the hospital completed in 1707.
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