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Ciolanu Monastery

Haleș, Romania

Ciolanu Monastery is a monastery of Eastern Orthodox monks, located in Tisău commune, Buzău County, Romania. It was erected around 1570 by Dumitru Ciolanu, a boyar from Buzău, whose name it bears, together with the Sorescu boyar family from the nearby Vernești commune. The compound contains a museum with icons painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu, as well as religious artifacts.

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