Manastirea Agapia - Agapia Monastery

Manastirea Agapia se afla la 9 km de orasul Targu Neamt, la 43 km de orasul Piatra Neamt. In anul 1858 interiorul bisericii de la Agapia a fost pictat de catre Nicolae Grigorescu care, desi avea doar 18 ani, a reusit sa realizeze o remarcabila suita de compozitii murale si de ioane pline de miscare, realism si lumina.

The Agapia Monastery' (Romanian: Mănăstirea Agapia) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 9 km west of Târgu Neamț, in Agapia Commune, Neamţ County. It was built between 1642 and 1647 by Romanian Voivode Vasile Lupu. The church, restored and modified several times during the centuries was painted by Nicolae Grigorescu, between 1858 and 1861