The fortress fortresses from Tabla Butii are located on one of the ridges that connect the Ciucas and Sirius mountains, at an altitude of 1300 meters.
Until 1789 on the Prahova Valley, above Posada, there was only a small path of horses, not even a carriage road. The passage over the mountains was made on the old Roman road at Crai's Peak, also called the Great Road on the Plains.
The monastery is located in the meadow to the left of the Teleajan river, on the parallel road with DN1A, about 15 km from Ploiesti. From an administrative-territorial point of view, it is located within the Lipanesti commune, in the immediate vicinity of Zamfira village.
The Zamfira monastic complex comprises two churches: the old church (also called the small church) situated in the cemetery and the large church, located just inside.
As it appears from the writings of the old church, it was built during the reign of Nicolae Mavrocordat between 1721-1743 at the initiative of Zamfirei Apostoli, the widow of the wealthy merchant Manoil (Mano) Apostles.
Situated on the Teleajen valley, 40 km from Valenii de Munte - 14 km from Maneciu, a charming natural setting, the Suzana Monastery is a monument of spirituality and art.
About the monastery Alexandru Vlahuta wrote in 1908: "Suzana is placed in a beautiful clearing, on a forehead of a damb, under which the rocks in the Teleajen are rocking the Rock on the right and the left Epuras."
They join in front of the monastery, forming here a cross from where they go down the valley in one course.
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