Existing church · 1713–1715
Antim Monastery
Antim Monastery was founded by Metropolitan Antim Ivireanul and built between 1713 and 1715, on the site of a wooden church dedicated to St. Nicholas. The precinct was designed like a fortress, with the church in the middle and cells along the sides; the church, on a trefoil plan, has carved stone frames and rosettes and an oak door attributed to the founder. In 1912 the Palace of the Holy Synod was added, with its library. After 1945 the “Rugul Aprins” (Burning Bush) circle gathered here; its members were imprisoned by the communists. In 1985 the synodal palace was rotated and moved, and the kitchen and part of the cells were demolished.
See the place on the old maps ›Text source: ro.wikipedia.org · summary based on the source
Old photographs

Antim – Antim Monastery Church, Bucharest
1867 · Carol Szathmari · Public domain
Antim Monastery
1930 · Nicolae Ionescu · Public domain
Kirche Antim
1935 · CC BY 4.0
Crangasi- Kirche Antim, ohne Vordergrund
1941 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Eingang zur Biserica Antim
1971 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
Kirche Antim, Fenster von außen
1974 · Willy Pragher · CC BY 4.0
On the old maps
The place appears on 45 maps and images, from 1790 to today:
- 1790 · Specht Plan
- 1791 · Ernst Plan
- 1846 · Borroczyn Plan
- 1852 · Borroczyn Plan
- 1864 · Szathmari Plan
- 1871 · Pappasoglu Plan
- 1883 · Cerkez Plan
- 1893 · Orăscu Plan
- 1896 · J. Don Plan
- 1900 · Plan of Bucharest 1900
- 1911 · Army Geographic Institute Plan
- 1914 · Socec Plan
- 1921 · Mihai Pantea Plan
- 1926 · Union Plan
- 1927 · Aerial photo 1927
- 1927 · Socec Plan
- 1928 · Industrial Plan
- 1931 · STB Plan
- 1931 · Unirea Plan
- 1934 · Wahing Plan
- 1938 · Aerial photo 1938
- 1938 · Teodorescu Plan
- 1939 · Simboteanu and Moldoveanu Plan
- ~1940 · Artillery Firing Plans
- 1943 · Aerial photo 1943
- 1962 · Cadastral Plan (center)
- 1966 · Satellite image 1966
- 1968 · Map of Bucharest 1968
- 1969 · Map of Bucharest 1969
- 1972 · Satellite image 1972
- 1974 · Cadastral Plan (center)
- 1976 · Satellite image 1976
- 1977 · Satellite image 1977
- 1978 · Satellite image 1978
- 1979 · Satellite image 1979
- 1980 · Satellite image 1980
- 1982 · Satellite image 1982
- 1982 · ITB Plan
- 1983 · Satellite image 1983
- 1984 · Satellite image 1984
- ~1985 · Soviet Topographic Map
- 1990 · Cadastral Plan
- 2001 · AGC Polonia Plan
- 2017 · Orthophoto 2017
- today · Current satellite
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