Agapia Monastery was built by the middle of the 17th century, on the place of a stone church and it bears old inscriptions. It has three old churches and a new building. In 2003 the monastic complex underwent overall repair. The exhibition spanning several rooms of the monastery, presents Moldavian and foreign icons from the 17th - 18th centuries; icons painted by Nicolae Grigorescu; religious books, carpets, religious items. Agapia Monastery was built in 1647 by the hetman Gavrilă, brother of Prince Vasile Lupu. Burnt in 1821, it was restored during the reign of Mihail Şuţu (1819 - 1821).
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