St. Anthony’s Church
Sixteenth-century princely chapel with striped brick walls and a revered Saint Anthony icon.
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About this audio guide
This guide to St. Anthony's Church, the old princely chapel beside the Old Court in Bucharest, follows Mircea Ciobanul, a sixteenth-century livestock dealer who drove rams to the markets of Constantinople before he ever wore a crown. It touches on a grisly legend about the church doorway, the nobles of Wallachia who crossed him, and the crowds who come here every Tuesday. Stand at the entrance before stepping inside.
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