The church of the former Radu Vodă Monastery stands on a hill on the banks of the Dâmboviţa, though the construction of the Civic Centre hid it from the river and from general view. There was originally a wooden church on this site, built during the reign of Mihnea the Bad, around 1508. The monastery was added in 1570, and was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The present church - which resembles the Curtea de Argeş outside Piteşti - dates from 1613-4, though it was extensively rebuilt during the 19th century, when the frescoes (all the work of peerless painter Gheorghe Tattarescu) were added.
