In the village of Romanii de Jos, 3 km from Horezu (a traditional center for pottery), you can visit the most representative complex of Romanian medieval architecture, definitive of the Brancoveanu style: the Hurez Monastery, dating from 1690-1703.

Situated in the midst of forests in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, the monastery comprises a main church, dedicated to the Holy Emperor Constantine and his mother St. Elena (built between 1690 and 1694), the Chapel of the Birth of the Mother of God (1697), the Infirmary Church ( built between 1696 and 1699 by Maria Brancoveanu), the Hermitage of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (1698), the Hermitage of St Stephen (1703), the Princely House, and the Watchtower of Dionisie Balacescu (1752-1753).

During the time of Constantin Brancoveanu (1688-1714), Hurez Monastery was an important center of culture: here there was a famous scriptorium, a school for copyists, scribes and grammarians, a school for painters, where the masters who painted the murals of the foremost churches of the 18 th century were trained, and a rich library that had 4000 volumes, unique in south-east Europe at the beginning of the 18 th century. The museum collection at Hurez Monastery contains old church objects (books, icons, and precious fabrics), some of which date from the founding of the monastery.