Best places: Religions in Vulcan, Romania

Landmark Orthodox monastery featuring garden grounds, walking paths & scenic mountain views.

Visitors don hard hats to explore this cave, set in a gorge & featuring a monastery at its mouth.

Ornate 17th-century monastery & church known for its glass icons, carved colonnades & frescoes.

👍👍 No entry fee. I visited this monastery on sunday morning. Here You will find a beautiful forest, very well organized, with trails leading to an ancient monastery in the rock. The new Monastery is up on the hill. Some souvenir shops are on your way. It's such a lovely place, peaceful and full of fait...

👍👍 One of the best well kept churches that I've visited. Such a pleasant, quiet and airy vibe once you enter the courtyard. You have museum part, ramparts, church with the highest tower in the vicinity - 56m - which you can climb and see the view of the county. The souvenir shop also has some good ma...

👍👍 Wonderful landscape! Suitable for a stroll in nature. The monestary is placed in the area where heavy battles took place in ww1. The road is a dirt road but don't be descouraged by it. Once uphill, you will be rewarded by what nature has to offer. In the wood near the site there is a dirt road wich...

Venerable monastery complex with 15th-century origins including a museum, a church & a tomb.

Gothic church with a gilded altarpiece plus a small museum, inside an imposing red-roofed wall.

👍👍 It is worth visiting even for a non beliver. The way it was build in a rock is absolutely amazing. And the view is super.

👍👍 Easy to climb, 20-30 min, historical loaded place. Is not just the monastery, is also the thracian knight engraved on the stone, close to the monastery (1min walking) two old monk caves with some interesting engravings and paintings. Another interesting thing about this place is the peak of the moun...

Atmospheric Gothic church earning its name from a 1600s fire & decorated with murals & Ottoman rugs.

👍👍 Peaceful monastery surrounded by hills and mountains. Brings you closer to heaven 🤩

Historic Romanian Orthodox church with a tall steeple & statues & frescoes inside.

👍👍 Lovely,peace-radiating church.Atmosphere of tranquility.Extremely beautiful inside and gorgeous outside.Prayers seem to reach the Heaven. God bless every citizen of Ukraine and lead us to peace!

👍👍 Absolutely beautiful synagogue. It costs 5 lei to enter, but the inside of the shul is gorgeous. Absolutely worth the stop. I will say that when we arrived, the building was closed and no one was around, even though it was the middle of the day and the hours were open. We hung around for a few minu...

👍👍 Very beautiful historic monument witch showcase the German heritage of the local population in the area! Amazing view of the city of Codlea from the top of the tower! The guide was very helpful and informative.

👍👍 My place of reflection.

Built in the 15th century, this restored 11-m. tower with a glass roof houses a weapon exhibit.