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Bucovina's Orthodox Monasteries

published by Jaime Menchen on Feb 25 2010 (15:52)

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On January 6th and 7th, I visited five of the well-known monasteries in Romanian Moldova, Bucovina region, as follow: Moldoviţa, Suceviţa, Putna, Humor and Voroneţ. Except for Putna monastery, all are listed in Unesco's list of World Heritage sites. I'm not able to show many pictures, as most monasteries imposed a tax on this, and it was forbidden inside the churches. I don't even own any photograh of the Voroneţ monastery, the more important one. Anyway, as I had little time to enjoy them, I found that it was better just to try to get involve in its magnificence, for which I was more than enough rewarded.

Mănăstirea Moldoviţa. Built by Petru Rareş (son of Ştefan cel Mare) in 1532. Mănăstirea Moldoviţa. Clisarniţa. Built between 1610 and 1612. Mănăstirea Suceviţa. Built in the late XVI century by Movilă family. Mănăstirea Suceviţa. The frescoes were made by Ion and Sofronie Zugravu. Mănăstirea Suceviţa. Detail of the frescoes; "The Stairway of the Virtues". Mănăstirea Putna. Built between 1466 and 1481, by Ştefan cel Mare. Its church houses his tomb. Mănăstirea Humor. Built by Petru Rareş in 1530. Mănăstirea Humor. The frescoes were made by Toma de Suceava in 1535. Mănăstirea Humor. Another detail of the frescoes. Mănăstirea Humor. The wind and the rain have spoiled part of the frescoes.
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