The Crasani Monastery, located in the town of the same name in Ialomița County, is found on the banks of the Ialomița River and is a nunnery with community life. At the end of 2000, the wooden church was built, and in 2001 the Crasani Hermitage was born. In 2003, the hermitage was raised to the status of a monastery, and in time a body of cells was built for the nuns and guests. At the same time, the annexes housing the kitchen and storerooms were restored.
Inside the monastery, the refectory, dedicated to the Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel, is remarkable, being painted in a single month. The monastery's temples include Saint Andrew the Apostle and Saint Parascheva (the church under construction) and Saint Andrew for the chapel.
The Crăsani Monastery is an important tourist attraction in the Muntenia region, being an objective that you should not overlook if you are in the vicinity.
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Not far from those places, on the opposite bank of the Ialomita river, in the village of Crăsani, on a high hill that dominates the valley, there is a significant archaeological settlement associated with the Getians. There are researchers in the field of archeology who identify this place as the site of the Helis fortress, the site of events in the ancient past.
In 291 BC, Lysimechus, Alexander the Great's successor in Thrace, was involved in an intense conflict with the kingdom of the Getae led by Dromihetes. Lysimechus crossed the Danube, but was defeated by the Getae and captured, then taken as a prisoner to the fortress of Helis.
The area crossed afterwards is studded with several smaller lakes, characterized by salt water and mud with therapeutic properties. They were formed by blocking the mouths of smaller tributaries of the Ialomita, and the change in chemical composition, from fresh water to water with a high concentration of minerals, is due to the dissolution of salts in the soil and intense evaporation generated by the high temperature of the air.
Source: The Romanian Black Sea Coast (Ministry of Tourism, 1976)
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