The age of this village cannot be determined with certainty, but on April 15, 1456, Vladislav II, the ruler of Wallachia, issued an act in Old Slavic language in Targoviste, confirming Mogos’ ownership of the villages:

“All the Corbii, from Aghis downward, and all the Corbii-de-Piatra, and the pasture from Micesti, and the mill waters, and half of Malureni, because they are ancient and rightful pastures of Mogos (…)”

The name of the locality and the unique monastery in Romania seems to come from the crows that found shelter on the rocks in the area or from the monks who lived here, whom the locals referred to as “corbi” (crows) because of the clothes they wore.

The village of Corbi is particularly well-known for the Corbii de Piatră Monastery, considered to have the oldest painting in Wallachia.

Most of the inhabitants of Corbi are descendants of Romanian families from Transylvania, specifically from the Jina Sibiu area, who migrated over the Carpathian Mountains during the Austrian rule over Transylvania (1699 – 1867).

The reasons for this migration were diverse, ranging from religious motives, the constraints that followed the “Union with the Church of Rome,” injustices stemming from the status of a tolerated community, fear of military conscription, hunger, lack of land, and more.

The peak of the migration of Romanians from Transylvania to the Arges area was during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa (1740 – 1780). Around 1755, approximately 100 Romanian families from Jina Sibiu arrived and settled in Corbi, leading the Romanian historian Stefan Metes to state that the village of Corbi is “the most significant Hungarian village in Muscel county.”

In a place as ancient as Corbii de Piatra, there are many legends that likely contain a kernel of truth. One legend says that on the left bank of the Doamna River, on Plaiul de Mijloc, an area in the northern part of the village, lie the ruins of Voicu Corvin’s castle, the son of Serb and the legendary father of Iancu Corvin of Hunedoara, who would forever bear the raven’s coat of arms, turning it into a symbol of kings. A Hungarian chronicle by Bonfini speaks of Iancu Corvin, the Valachian, as one of the great heroes of Christianity, mentioning the place of his birth, the valley called the “Valley of the Sheep,” the most beautiful valley in Transalpine Wallachia, where the Corvins originated.