The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului) is a historic Romanian Orthodox church in the lower part of Dragoslavele, built in 1661 by Prince Grigore I Ghica and his wife, Maria. Standing on elevated ground near the old trade route between Wallachia and Transylvania, it is the oldest surviving church in the village and preserves architectural features dating from the 17th century.
The church was founded during a period when Dragoslavele served as an important customs station on the route between Câmpulung and Brașov. Its construction was completed in August 1661, as recorded by the inscription above the entrance to the narthex. Built from stone and brick, the church has a long, narrow plan with thick masonry walls and a square bell tower above the entrance. The tower is supported by four buttresses and was modeled on a smaller scale after the bell tower of the Negru Vodă Monastery in Câmpulung.
The church underwent substantial restoration between 1892 and 1904, when the wall separating the nave from the narthex was removed, the interior was repaved, and the tower received decorative additions. The works also introduced a carved wooden iconostasis from the former Sărindar Church in Bucharest, replacing the original masonry screen. The church suffered further damage during the fighting of 1916, when military forces used the building and destroyed religious furnishings and paintings. Its interior was subsequently redecorated during the interwar period.
The carved iconostasis is among the church’s most notable historic furnishings, with elaborate ornamentation in the Brâncovenesc style. The grounds are enclosed by a stone wall and contain old inscribed crosses and funerary monuments. A small military cemetery beside the church also preserves the graves of German soldiers killed during the fighting around Dragoslavele in 1916.
