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"St. Anton" Princely Church
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- situated on 22bis, Sepcari street
- it is considered the oldest building in Bucharest
- founded by the ruling prince Mircea Ciobanul, 1545-1554
- between 1558-1559 he rebuilt the Voivode Court where he established his residence
- his sons Patrascu Voda, Radu and Mihnea Turcitul continued the work
- the church suffered damages, restorations and modifications
- Matei Basarab restored it after it had been set on fire and plundered (1611)
- plundered again by the Tartar and Turk invasion, it was rebuilt by voivodes:
- Grigore Ghica, 1660-1664
- Gheorghe Duca, 1673-1678
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- the belfry tower was built during the time of Grigore Ghica and Åžerban Cantacuzino
- it was later restored by Constantin Brâncoveanu
- repairs and changes were done during the rules of voivodes: Constantin Mavrocordat and Nicolae Mavrocordat, 18th c.
- it was seriously damaged during the earthquakes and fires of the first half of the 19th c.
- it is consecrated to “St. Antonâ€
- multiple modifications were done by architect J. Schlatter
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- scientific restorations were done at the beginning of the 20th c.
- these restorations brought the church nearer to its initial form
- the trichonch plan of the church with:
- pronaos
- nave with side apses
- the altar apsis
- the nave is covered by a unitary cylindrical vault, interrupted by a belfry near the side apses
- there are 4 arch-like recesses in the walls
- the altar apsis has spaces in the walls for the diaconicon and the altar
- the catapetasma dates since 1852 being realized by sculptor Babic, with post-Brancovan influences
- in 1852 the church was entirely painted by Constantin Luca and Misu Popp
- it was painted in Neoclassical style, and the fresco of the belfry tower belongs to painter I. Mihail, 1935
- the church stores objects of great artistic value:
- the ciborium donated by Constantin Ipsilanti, 1802-1809 with floral motifs and the coat-of-arms of the reunited Wallachia and Moldavia
- the silver tray donated by C. Brancoveanu, in 1695
- the silver pyx, given by Constantin Moruzi
- a silver chalice
- ruler Mircea Ciobanul was buried in the church
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