Echoes of Stone: The Craftsmen's Innovation in Curtea de Arges

In medieval Wallachia, Negru-Vodă dreams of building a grand monastery on the Argeș River. He enlists ten skilled craftsmen, led by Manole. 

Despite their efforts, the walls they build by day collapse each night. Manole receives a dream revealing the need for a human sacrifice to make the monastery stand. The craftsmen are faced with a heartbreaking dilemma. 

Manole insists on the sacrifice despite their pleas.Desperate, the craftsmen seek Negru-Vodă's intervention to find another solution.