# Secu Monastery and Museum Collection

> The Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist was built in 1602–1605 by Nestor Ureche and his wife Mitrofana inside a fortified enclosure; the ensemble is a listed monument (NT-II-a-A-10735).

- **Category:** Monastery
- **Locality:** Vânători-Neamț, Neamț County
- **Address:** Mănăstirea Secu, comuna Vânători-Neamț (DN15B)
- **Coordinates:** 47.200301, 26.183944
- **Opening hours:** Museum: daily 09:00–18:00.
- **Phone:** 0233 251 862
- **Official website:** https://secu.mmb.ro/
- **Page:** https://neamt.tesseramo.com/obiective/manastirea-secu?lang=en

**Highlights:**
- Epitaful (Aerul) din 1608 brodat în fir de aur
- Evangheliar slavon din sec. XIV–XV
- Evanghelia din 1763 dăruită de țarina Ecaterina a II-a
- Pravila lui Matei Basarab (1652)
- Chivotele de argint aurit donate de Safta Brâncoveanu (1842)
- Bedernița cu perle din 1638

The Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist was built in 1602–1605 by Nestor Ureche and his wife Mitrofana inside a fortified enclosure; the ensemble is a listed monument (NT-II-a-A-10735). Its museum collection, called 'the great wonder of Secu' by Nicolae Iorga, shows medieval art, manuscripts, prints and liturgical objects.