Socola Monastery
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Socola Monastery or Schimbarea la Față was a Romanian Orthodox establishment located in the eponymous quarter of southern Iaşi, Romania. Founded during Moldavia's existence as a state, it was erected
The Socola church
Alexander Mourouzis
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Prince Alexander Mourouzis was a Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire who served as Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. Open to Enlightenment ideas, and noted for his interest in hydrological
Socola Monastery
…allegedly in connection to the practice of falconry in its immediate vicinity). The seminary was set up in 1803, during the reign of Phanariote Prince Alexander Mourousis, as the first secondary education institution to provide teaching in the vernacular (as opposed to Greek, Slavonic or other liturgical languages), and…
Portrait by Nikiforos Lytras
Alexander Mourouzis welcoming the British ambassador in Curtea Nouă.