Catedrala Sfântul Nicolae Deva
St Nicholas Cathedral in Deva is one of the representative churches of a town set at the foot of the fortress hill, where the ruins of the medieval citadel watch over the Mureș valley. This Orthodox church serves as an episcopal cathedral and is a spiritual landmark for the community in the seat of Hunedoara County. Its architecture blends the traditional lines of Romanian churches with the monumental ambition of the great cathedrals raised in the modern era, its towers rising above the rooftops of the centre.
The interior holds mural painting in the characteristic technique, a wooden iconostasis and icons that illustrate the rich register of Orthodox iconography. Standing in the heart of Deva, the cathedral connects naturally to the rest of the urban heritage: the volcanic fortress hill, the Magna Curia Palace and the museum housed there. For travellers exploring the Land of the Pădureni and the nearby Dacian fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains, Deva is a natural stop, and the cathedral a place of quiet before the climb to the ruins.
