St. Ilie Church was first built for a small monastery outside the city of Suceava. Now there is no monastery and the city has grown near the church. Church of St. Ilie is similar to its contemporary from Patrauti. The architecture is characteristic of the early centuries, from the reign of Stefan cel Mare: a [...]
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The Rasca Monastery
Posted by raluca on October 1st, 2010
Photo by claudiu b Although the Rasca monastery from Rasca village, Suceava county, is a princely foundation and associated with the memory of the most learned of the Moldavian chronicler of the 16th century, the Roman Bishop Macarie, she didn’t enjoyed the fame that the other similar buildings had. One of the reason is that [...]
The Parhauti Church
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
The Parhauti church is situated in the Parhauti village, Suceava county, and was built by the scribe Gavril Trotusan.The Church of “All Saints” from Parhauti can be found at the end of a difficult road, which splits to the left, on the road from Suceava to Radauti. The solid and robust church is rectangular shaped [...]
The Dolhestii Mari Church
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
The Dolhestii Mari church is a church situated in the village with the same name, in Suceava county. The village belonged to the Sendrea boyar in 1395, so as the first document attesting its existence. On the right side of the road is a simple white church. The church is the oldest in Moldova, of [...]
The Dragomirna Monastery
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
Photo by iulian.ignatescu The Dragomirna monastery is unique in all of Romania for its unusual proportions. By far, is the tallest and narrowest ever based church. Its walls are not painted, but decorated with stone engravings. In 1602, from the initiative of Metropolitan Bishop Anastasie Crimca, a small monastery chapel was built.Although small, the chapel [...]
The Patrauti Monastery
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
Photo by MariusBBB Patrauti Monastery is located near the city of Suceava, in Suceava River valley. So well hidden in the forest, the Patrauti village was chosen as the location for the unique convent founded by Stefan cel Mare. The church was built in 1487 as a commemorative inscription written on the entry, certifies. Together [...]
The Moldovita Monastery
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
Photo by SBA73 Moldovita Monastery is one of the oldest monastic settlements, with a strong and glorious historical background, watching for centuries in the northern border of Moldova, situated in Vatra Moldovitei village, Suceava county. The painted church of the monastery is inscribed on World Heritage list of UNESCO. The origins of this monastery remains [...]
The Humor Monastery
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
Photo by ricsen Humor Monastery is a monastery in Bukovina, which is inscribed on World Heritage list of UNESCO. Humor Monastery’s Church is located in a natural setting of rare beauty, with wild and picturesque scenery. It has its beginnings in the reign of Alexandru cel Bun, when hidden in the woods, they raise here [...]
The Arbore painted church
Posted by raluca on September 29th, 2010
Photo by sigheti The Arbore Church is a exterior painted church from the Arbore village (Suceava County) dedicated to the “Beheading of St. Ioan Botezatorul”, founded in 1503 by hetman Luca Arbore, on the bank of the Solca river. The painted church is inscribed on World Heritage list of UNESCO.In 1503, Luca Arbore – noble [...]
The wooden church from Breb
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
The wooden church from Breb village, common Ocna Şugatag, Maramures county, was built in 1622 and the tower is dated in 1531, from an earlier church in Copacis, at the border of the village. The age of the structure’s construction from 1622 , the tower from 1531, the oldest tower stored in the wooden churches [...]
