St George's Church, Sânpetru
A 14th-century knez church with Roman stones and an ancient bust set into its façade.
St George's Church in Sânpetru (Sântămăria-Orlea commune) is one of the oldest Romanian stone monuments in Transylvania. It has a 9 × 5.8 m rectangular nave and a cross-vaulted altar, with no bell tower, and its builders set several Roman stone pieces and an ancient bust into the west façade, giving it an unusual look.
It was founded by one of the local knezes — perhaps Dan, father of Ștefan, a juror of the Hațeg Country between 1411 and 1418 — so it predates 1443, when the village was divided between the Cândeas of Râu de Mori and the nobles of Unciuc and Săcel. The pointed-arch west portal is Gothic. Sânpetru is also the starting point of the Dinosaur Valley in the Hațeg Country Geopark.
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