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Plumbuita may refer to: * Plumbuita, a village in the Tămădău Mare Commune, Călărași County * Plumbuita Monastery, in Colentina, Bucharest Colentina is a neighbourhood in Bucharest's Sector 2. It is located on the north-east of the city and is named after the nearby Colentina River. Name A local folk etymology says that the name is derived from "colea-n-tină" (''there, in the ...

Tămădău Mare
Tămădău Mare is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to .... It is composed of seven villages: Călăreți, Dârvari, Plumbuita, Săcele, Șeinoiu, Tămădău Mare, and Tămădău Mic. The military airfield located here was the scene of the Tămădău affair, which occurred on July 14, 1947. References Communes in Călărași County Localities in Muntenia {{Călăraşi-geo-stub ...
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Plumbuita Monastery
The Plumbuita Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located at 58 Plumbuita Street in Bucharest, Romania. Its church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. History One narrative holds that the monastery was founded by Prince Vlad VI Înecatul in 1531. In order to rid himself of ''boyar'' opponents, the ruler had sent them to support his Moldavian counterpart in fighting Poland at the Battle of Obertyn. Work in masonry began on the very spot from which the standard-bearers had ridden away. Mircea the Shepherd served as '' Ispravnic'', while the head workman was Dan of Argeș. Reportedly, after Vlad was assassinated by drowning the following year, his widow Ana ordered that the construction site be sealed with lead (''plumbuită''). It remained thus until the reign of her nephew, Peter the Younger, with involvement from Doamna Chiajna, her sister and Peter's mother. Another version suggests Radu Paisie as '' ktetor''. The oldest known printing press in Bucharest was establ ...
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