Master Manole was a famous architect commissioned by King Basarab I to build the most beautiful monastery in the country. However, the walls he built during the day would be destroyed at night. Manole had a dream that sacrificing his wife Ana would allow the monastery to be completed. Sadly, he fulfilled the prophecy, immuring her in the walls. When finished, all architects were sealed in the monastery's tower so they could not build elsewhere. Manole tried to escape by making wings but fell to his death.

1. 7 Romanian’s
legends
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2. Master Manole
In times of the king Basarab I, Manole was
a famous architect and the most perfect
to build a monastery. The king ordered
him to construct the most beautiful
monastery of the country. So Master
Manole started his job, but the walls that
he built in the morning, were destroyed at
night. This made Manole very sad and
angry because he thought that this
monastery would never be finished. One
night, he dreamed that the monastery
wouldn’t be destroyed if Manole immune
in, the first person that came there at
dawn. Dawn was coming and the first
person was Ana, his wife. In spite of
this, he decided to immune there his
wife, that was pregnant, there. When the
Arges Monastery was finished, all the
architects were closed in a tower of
it, because the king didn't want that they
couldn’t build more beautiful places. So
Manole manufactured some wings to fly
from there, but he fell down. Where he
stopped his fly, a fountain appeared.

3. Dracula
A Romanian nobleman, Count Vlad
Dracula who lived in the region of
Wallachia and was beyond the
absolute cruelty to his own people
and to strangers which fed his
fame vampire. Count Vlad IV, was
subjected to the Turks for years
but did not know why strange
reason, when he got rid of that
yoke in the bloody wars with
them, with those who had no
mercy, turned absolutely cruel to
his people. Count Dracula became
especially famous for use the
impaling not only its enemies, I
will not explain here, but I assure
is not enough words in English to
do it, just say that according to
legend, when Bram decided
Stoker's novel Dracula was inspired
by this character and found that
the translation of Dracula in the
language of the region of Wallachia
was Diablo.

4. Dochia
Dochia had a handsome boy ,Valentine. One
day, Valentine fell in love with a beautiful girl.
This woman become the wife of Valentine, but
without Dochia's according. Dochia for revenge
the girl, gave her in a cold winter day, a ball of
black wool and says the following: " Go to the
river and wash the ball, you can come home
only when it becomes white and clean." The girl
went there and cleaned the ball. After
hours, the young still try hard to whiten the
wool. Even if her have fingers dripping blood
, she could not go home until her task
completed. Impressed by facial pain, Jesus
Christ appeared to her in the way and gave her
a red flower, telling her to wash the wool with
it. The girl putted the flower in water, washed
the wool and was the wool was bleached. After
that went home, but Dochia heard girl's
story, she accused her that who gave her the
flower was not a friend - called Mărţişor. After
this, Dochia started with her sheep go to the
mountain, being convinced that spring had
come. During her trip, he pulled out, one by
one, the twelve coats she wore, until she
walked without any. But time has changed. It
was snowing and everything started to freeze.
Dochia froze with her sheep, turning into stone.

5. Constantin Brâncoveanu
Constantin Brâncoveanu
was prince of Romania.
Someday, Turks kidnapped
along with his family.
Turks wanted to spare
their lives, if it turns to
Islam, leaving their faith.
Everyone shouted in
unison: "We prefer to die
rather than betray our
country and faith. We
were born
Christians, Christians will
die." Then the Sultan
commanded to cut off
their heads, one of
one, started with the
youngest of him sons, and
then beheaded Constantin
Brâncoveanu, and threw
their bodies into the sea.

6. The mum of Stephen The Great
When Stephen the Great, at the beginning
of his reign, was beaten by the Turks, and
almost all his army perished in battle and
when exhausted, pursued by enemies, with
a small band seek shelter from Neamt
Monastery, where his mother was abbess
Maria when the walls of an old monastery
showed weak but sharp: - My son, 'she
said, addressing Stephen", I think you come
back after the victory over the Turks? No, Mom, I'm defeated, the enemy pursues
me. The monastery walls I hope shelter and
gathering powers that remain me to start
again fighting the Ottomans. - I do not get
you under my protection. Go back to the
enemy's homeland, defeat or die for the
country, and I'll say that you are my son
Stephen! Stephen, embarrassed, left the
monastery, he gathered his soldiers and
defeated all the enemies.

7. The Bridge of Lies
By building this bridge, access
between the two sectors of the
market was made under a
conglomeration of buildings
demolished in 1851. The wall includes
a frame which supports ladder square
stone vestige of a medieval building.
Bridge of Lies is considered a
romantic place, where he gave dating
lovers, although his account runs at
least four legends. The "spicy" legend
of the bridge holding of bodily
cleanliness girls gave their boyfriends
meeting with them in that place.
They made vows of love, it was about
the lovers's future, marriage plans
were made after previously claimed
to be righteous young women. When
things just happen to not stand
good, it is said that immediately after
the wedding night, brides were
dragged there, where they were
thrown in the river, to be punished in
this way for their false vows.