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Thematic Route: <\/strong>The Cultural Heritage Route<\/p>\n Name of the Touristic Attraction: <\/strong>Saint Nicholas Church in Patulele<\/p>\n Location: <\/strong>in P\u0103tulele Commune, Mehedin\u021bi County. P\u0103tulele Commune is 42 km away from Drobeta Turnu Severin, on the road leading to Calafat, DN562A.<\/p>\n Legend \/ Story \/ Impressions<\/strong> \/ Recommendations<\/strong> : At first, the church’s lodge was in a hut. It was a church with a peculiar bell tower, situated on a hill near the village of P\u0103tulele. Later on, the church was burnt by the Turks, thus becoming among the locals the “The Burnt Church”. On the same place where once used to be located that church, in 1840 was built another church made of wooden beams, brought from Vl\u0103daia forest, placed on four stone legs. For a while, this used to be the only church in P\u0103tulele. In 1883, Prince Alexandru \u015etirbei builds a new church in the commune; a church dedicated to St. George. In 1878, the wooden church \u201eSaint Nicholas\u201d is closed being considered improper for religious services, but in 1903, the parishioners managed to reopen it, raising it from the foundation, this time building it from concrete walls. It was sanctified two years later, on May 8th. It is the building that can be seen today in P\u0103tulele Commune.<\/p>\n Information and Contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n The church is administered by the Episcopate of Severin and Strehaia:<\/p>\n phone: +4 0252 333 048, +4 0252 333 039,<\/p>\n