The New "Saint Spyridon" Church
Twin-towered Orthodox cathedral and princely necropolis with Tattarescu murals and Viennese glass.
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This guide to the New Saint Spyridon Church in Bucharest follows Constantin Hangerli, a prince sent from Istanbul to rule Wallachia at the end of the seventeen nineties, and the old cattle tax he dragged back to life. It takes in a cursed levy, a winter that took his name, and the lavish feasts Bucharest's boyars threw for Ottoman commanders. Listen from the entrance hall, near the princely tombs on the right.
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