The One-Log Monastery was built in the 16th century in a picturesque and quiet valley, on the edge of a many-century-old oak forest and against a natural background unchanged for centuries.
Legend has it that the monastery was built by a monk who had dreamt of Virgin Mary urging him to build a worship place from the trunk of a single oak tree. Proof to this legend stands an old Byzantine icon showing the Virgin. This is now preserved in the larger church built in 1635 near the smaller wooden church, that measures only 13 meters in length, 5 meters in width, and 4 meters in height.
The larger church was restored in 1686 in the BrΓncoveanu style. A minutely carved door and inside frescoes showing the princes of Wallachia were added on that occasion
