The Hadâmbu Monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Hadâmbu) is a

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located in Schitu Hadâmbului,

Iași County Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a coun ...

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. Located southwest of the city of

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

, the monastery, dedicated in 1659, was built by the Greek cellarer Iani Hadâmbul on a place donated to him by

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Gheorghe Ghica George Ghica ( sq, Gjergj Gjika, ro, Gheorghe Ghica) (3 March 1600 – 2 November 1664) founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658–1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660. George Ghica was born in Köprülü, present ...

. Left in ruin for many years, the monastery was reopened in 1990. The monastery is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.The Romanian Register of Historical Monuments in Iaşi County
File:Mănăstirea Hadâmbu0.jpg, The old church File:Mănăstirea Hadâmbu13.jpg, The new church

References

External links

The official website
Historic monuments in Iași County Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Iași County Christian monasteries established in the 17th century 1659 establishments in Romania 17th-century architecture in Romania {{romania-christian-monastery-stub