Antim Monastery

Bucharest, Romania

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Phone: 0314.178.078

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The Antim Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox church in Bucharest, built between 1713 and 1715 by Saint Anthim the Iberian, then Metropolitan Bishop of Wallachia. Located on Mitropolit Antim Ivireanu Street, the complex exemplifies Brâncovenesc art and Romanian Revival architecture. The buildings were restored by Patriarch Justinian Marina in the 1960s. The monastery houses a museum with religious objects and biographical materials related to Anthim the Iberian. During Nicolae Ceaușescu's communist rule, the church faced threatened demolition; engineer Eugeniu Iordăchescu organized its relocation to a nearby site, preserving the structure. The monastery has a troubled historical record, notably connected to the 1941 Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom, when monks armed with explosives destroyed a synagogue on Antim Street.