Book launch and numismatic appearance on the occasion of 500 years of attestation of the Curtea de Arges Monastery – B.N.R.

August 16, 2017, Bucharest

The first part of the event belonged to the book launch cycle, which we have already familiarized with, launches organized under the aegis of the National Bank of Romania. This time engineer Nicolae Şt. Noica prepared to the general public and also to the specialists in the field the publication called “The History of the Restoration of the Episcopal Church of Curtea de Arges”, published by the “Vremea” Publishing House.

The book offers for the first time a lesser known history of restoration work, bringing to light documents, photos and technical sketches in the archives.

On the second part of the works, the Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isărescu announced that starting from August 16, 2017, a set of three coins (gold, silver, and copper tombac) and a cupped tombac coin will be featured in the numismatic circuit, all of which are devoted to 500 years of at the sanctification of the church of  Curtea de Arges Monastery.