1. The monastery is a village in Calarasi County, Muntenia,
Romania, consisting of the villages of Coconi, Monastery
(residence) and Sultana.
The village is located in the southern part of the county, on
the border with the Silistra region of Bulgaria. The inhabited
settlements are the western shore of Lake Mostiştea.
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The first documentary and only mention of the
village of Cornaţel - now the Monastery - is a
document from June 1, 1526 of Radu de Afumaţi,
document in which Cornăţelul was called "boyish
village". In a document dated May 5, 1538, it is
found as a "fair". On December 23, 1575,
Alexandru Voevod, in a manuscript, named
Cornţelul, "the city of my reign", the town of
boyar.
There are two archaeological sites of national interest in the
Monastery village, near the village of Sultana: the Latène
settlement located in the eastern village "Gheţărie" on the
Malciu Valley; And a neolithic necropolis belonging to the
Boian culture, located on the "Valley of the Orb", at the
mouth of a viol near the village of Cureteşti.
Acknowledgements
Coordinating teacher:
Mihai Daniel Frumuşelu
