Moldavian monasteries
The Moldavian Monasteries are a group of Romanian Orthodox monasteries in southern Bucovina , Romania . It was built in the 15th and 16th centuries in what was then the Principality of Moldova by Stefan the Great and his successors - especially Petru Rareş - around the official seat of Suceava .
According to tradition, Stephen the Great promised to build a church or a monastery for every victory on the battlefield. His successes over Hungary , Poland and Turks led to the foundation of a total of more than 40 churches and the largest expansion of the Principality of Moldova in what is now Romania, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine .
Some of the monasteries are characterized by detailed wall paintings on the outer walls. These were intended to convey scenes and parables from the Bible to the people who were then ignorant of writing and reading . Both the architecture of the monastery churches, which are often surrounded by square protective walls, and the fresco paintings themselves reveal strong Byzantine influences (icon painting). The architectural style is partly strongly influenced by the Gothic .
The most beautiful examples of these exterior paintings can be found in the monasteries of Sucevița , Vatra Moldoviței , Arbore and Voroneț . Queen of the Moldavian monasteries, however, applies the in Putna simpler, 1466-1469 in a Carpathian valley built Putna Monastery is also buried in the Stephen the Great since 1504th
World heritage
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UNESCO world heritage 
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 Romania
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (i) (iv) |
| Reference No .: | 598 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1993 (session 17) |
| Extension: | 2010 |
The following eight churches and monasteries are UNESCO World Heritage Sites :
- Arbore Monastery : Church of Tăierea Capului Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul (“Beheading of Saint John the Baptist”) of the former monastery
- Humor monastery : Church of Adormirea Maicii Domnului și Sfântul Gheorghe ("Assumption of Mary and Saint George") of the monastery
- Moldovița Monastery : Buna Vestire Church (“Annunciation”) of the monastery
- Pătrăuți Monastery : Church Înălțarea Sfântei Cruci (" Exaltation of the Cross")
- Probota Monastery : Sfântul Nicolae ("Saint Nicholas") church of the monastery
- Suceava Monastery : Church of Sfântul Gheorghe ("Saint George") of the Sfântul Ioan cel Nou ("Saint John Novus") monastery
- Sucevița Monastery : Invierea Domnului ("Resurrection of the Lord") Church of the Sucevița Monastery (World Heritage since 2010)
- Voroneț Monastery : Church of Sfântul Gheorghe ("Saint George") of the Voroneț Monastery
Picture gallery
Putna Monastery
The old church of the Putna Monastery (built in 1346)
The old church of the Putna Monastery, side view
Putna Monastery, overview
The Putna monastery church, front view
The Putna monastery church, rear view
Putna monastery church, iconostasis
The monks' apartments in the inner courtyard
Voroneț Monastery
fresco
fresco
fresco
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Moldovia monastery church
The Moldoviţa Monastery Church
Moldoviţa Monastery (Entrance Gate)
The Moldoviţa Monastery Church
The Sucevița Monastery
View of the Suceviţa monastery complex
The church in Suceviţa
Fresco "Ladder to Heaven of Johannes Klimax" (Leader of Virtue) in Suceviţa
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- English language website with individual views
Cultural heritage: villages with fortified churches in Transylvania (1993/1999) | Horezu Monastery (1993) | Churches in Moldova (1993/2010) | Historic Center of Sighișoara (1999) | Maramureș wooden churches (1999) | Dacian fortifications in the mountains of Orăştie (1999)
Natural heritage: Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (1991) | Old beech forests and primeval beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains and other regions of Europe (2017)