Pătrăuți Monastery

The Pătrăuţi Monastery is located in Romania around 7 km northwest of the city of Suceava in the Pătrăuţi municipality. The preserved church Biserica Înălțarea Sfintei Cruci ("Exaltation of the Holy Cross") was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1993, along with other churches in Moldova . It is also protected as a historical monument under the number SV-II-mA-05581.01, as is the wooden bell tower (Clopotniță).

history

The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross

The church goes back to a foundation of Stephen the Great in 1487.

architecture

The church is the earliest completely preserved three- corner church of the Vltava type. There is a “Moldavian vault” above the naos . The outer walls of the apses , like the tambour of the dome, are divided into narrow blind arcades. A narrow terracotta frieze runs under the eaves.

Murals

Emperor Constantine before the throne of Jesus

In the pronaos on the west wall there is a representation of a troop of horsemen, led by the Archangel Michael, followed by Emperor Constantine and the equestrian saints George and Demetrius, against enemies. Other wall paintings have suffered greatly over time.

Picture gallery

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literature

• Virgil Vătășianu: Art Monuments in Romania. A picture handbook, 1986. Munich, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, pp. 444–445. ISBN 3-422-00332-0

Individual evidence

1. ^ Virgil Vătășianu: Art monuments in Romania. A picture handbook, 1986. Munich, Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, pp. 444–445. ISBN 3-422-00332-0

Web links

Commons : Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Pătrăuți, Suceava  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).

Coordinates: 47 ° 43 ′ 45.8 "  N , 26 ° 11 ′ 34.8"  E