The destination for a pilgrimage on Palm Sunday, the Patriarchal Cathedral was founded by the Prince of Wallachia, Constantin Șerban in the 1650s.
Description
The building has come through restorations in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, so not much of the original remains, while the current design is based on Curtea de Argeș Cathedral in the centre of the country.
The church also holds the relics of the 13th-century Saint Dimitrie Basarabov, the patron saint of Bucharest.
His remains were brought here from Bulgaria in 1774 and are kept in a silver reliquary with a glass panel on top.
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