O mărturie prețioasă a monahismului românesc medieval: Corbii de Piatră
Corbii de Piatră, a Precious Witness to Medieval Romanian Monasticism

Summary/Abstract: Among the books that Paul Gherasim quietly and unemphatically offered as spiritual testaments was Ștergerea urmelor (“Erasing the Traces”), a poignant reflection on a past that has been forgotten, neglected, disfigured, and destroyed. Until recently, the rock-cut church at Corbii de Piatră (“Stone Ravens”) could well have been counted among the endangered ecclesiastical monuments evoked by that work. Together with the nearby rock-cut church from Cetățuia-Negru Vodă (Negru Vodă’s Fortress) – close to the medieval princely residence at Câmpulung, the single-nave church with two apses from Corbii de Piatră occupies a place of particular importance in Romania’s medieval heritage. Brought back to scholarly attention through an interdisciplinary research project carried out between 2007 and 2010, the rock-cut church at Corbii de Piatră has come to be recognized as a key witness to the monastic life of the early Principality of Wallachia. It stands within a natural site whose preservation and continuous monitoring require sustained efforts commensurate with the significance of the medieval monastic complex it contains.

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