Back to one of the most beautiful Orthodox churches you will see anywhere, the Biserica Mănăstirii Stavropoleos in Old Town Bucharest, Romania.
A few Sundays ago, I posted a picture of the beautiful, intricately ornate interior. This Sunday, it is the beautiful, intricately ornate exterior, on the pedestrian-friendly side streets of Old Town Bucharest. This is the heart of Tourist Bucharest. But Bucharest is not very touristy. The few tourists who head to Romania immediately head off for the "Dracula" related tourist traps in the woods of Transylvania. Like some vampire focused on a throbbing neck vein. Although, I guess, if I were a vampire, throbbing arteries would be preferred because ... I'm not going there.
Bucharest does have vampire-related kitsch in the souvenir shops, but the tourist neighborhoods have waaaaaaay more Romanian Orthodox churches than vampire castles.
Visited May 2019.
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