Cultural Corridors of South East Europe

South East Europe / Western Trans-Balkan Road

Densus Church

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Densus Church

About the site


Corridor: Western Trans-Balkan Road
Country: Romania, Hunedoara
Type: Christian religious centre
Epoch: Middle Ages
Theme:
World Heritage:
Middle AgesChristian religious centre

Built initially in the XII-XIIIth century, with later additions in the XVth century, the church is among the earliest stone masonry orthodox churches in Transylvania. Its peculiarity rests in the use of roman stones from the nearby former capital of Roman Dacia. The spatial type of the naos is considered to be a merging between old Christian Middle East architecture and Romanesque building skills.

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