Dintr-un Lemn Monastery

Dintr-un Lemn Monastery lies in Frâncești commune, about 25 km south of Râmnicu Vâlcea. The wooden church, made of thick oak logs, is thought to date from around the middle of the 16th century.

Tradition says a monk found an icon of the Mother of God in the hollow of an old oak and built the church from that tree. A stone church was added in the 17th century. The ensemble is a listed historic monument and a place of pilgrimage in Romanian Orthodox tradition.