Butyl fortress ruins are located on board one of the ridges connecting Ciucasului and the Syrian mountains, at an altitude of 1300 meters.
Until 1789 the Prahova Valley, Posada above, not only been a poor trail horse, even a wagon road. Crossing over the mountains was made on the old Roman road on the Peak. Of Crai, called the realm highway.
The monastery is located in the floodplain of the river Teleajan left, on the road parallel to DN1A, about 15km of Ploiesti. In terms of administrative-territorial Lipanesti occurs in the commune, near the village Zamfira.
Zamfira monastic complex includes two churches: the old church (called a small church) located in the big church cemetery, located right inside.
As shown by the inscription old church, it was built during the reign of Nicholas Mavrocordatos between 1721-1743 at the initiative Zamfirei Apostles rich merchant widow Manoil (Mano) Apostles.
Situated in the valley Teleajenului, 40 kilometers from Campina - 14 km from the Maneciu, int-ro charming natural position, Susana Monastery are a monument of spirituality and art.
About monastery Alexander Vlahuta wrote in 1908: "Suzana is located in a beautiful meadow on a knoll forehead, beneath which asvarl in Rock creek Teleajen Epuras left and right."
These uniting against the monastery, up here where you start to cross the valley in a single course.
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