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Cârţa Commune, Sibiu County.
Population(2002): 948 people.
The main atraction here is the former Cistercian Monastery.
Cârţa Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery in the Ţara Făgăraşului region in southern Transylvania in Romania, currently a Lutheran Evangelical church belonging to the local Saxon community. It lies on the left bank of the Olt River, between the cities of Sibiu and Făgăraş, close to the villages of Cârţa (German Kerz, Hungarian: Kerc) and Cârţişoara (German: Kleinkerz). The monastery was founded in 1205-1206 by King Andrew II of Hungary, and was disbanded 27 February 1474 by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. The Cistercian monastery introduced and helped develop Gothic art in the region.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2r%C5%A3a_Monastery
Population(2002): 948 people.
The main atraction here is the former Cistercian Monastery.
Cârţa Monastery is a former Cistercian monastery in the Ţara Făgăraşului region in southern Transylvania in Romania, currently a Lutheran Evangelical church belonging to the local Saxon community. It lies on the left bank of the Olt River, between the cities of Sibiu and Făgăraş, close to the villages of Cârţa (German Kerz, Hungarian: Kerc) and Cârţişoara (German: Kleinkerz). The monastery was founded in 1205-1206 by King Andrew II of Hungary, and was disbanded 27 February 1474 by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. The Cistercian monastery introduced and helped develop Gothic art in the region.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A2r%C5%A3a_Monastery
Wikipedia article: http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cârţa,_Sibiu
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°47'5"N 24°34'13"E
- Monument - Center of Romania 24 km
- Făgăraş Mountains 26 km
- The 100 hills (Hunderberg) 33 km
- "ASTRA" Museum of Traditional Folk Civilization 36 km
- Poiana Narciselor 40 km
- Curmătura Stezei 44 km
- Viscri 50 km
- Prapastiile Zarnestilor 59 km
- Bistrita limestone quarry 77 km
- Petrisor 78 km
- The former football field 0.4 km
- Former Cistercian abbey - built in the year 1202 0.8 km
- Arpașu hydroelectric power plant and dam 1.9 km
- Cârţa Industrial Park 2.3 km
- Scoreiu Reservoir 2.9 km
- Arpaşu Reservoir 4.8 km
- Cârţişoara 6.6 km
- Channel 10 km
- Avrig Reservoir 11 km
- Sibiu County 26 km