Churches of Moldavia

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Churches of Moldavia
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Map of the most important northern Moldavian monasteries
Location Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania
Criteria Cultural: (i), (iv)
Reference 598bis
Inscription1993 (17th Session)
Extensions2010
Coordinates 47°46′42″N25°42′46″E / 47.77833°N 25.71278°E / 47.77833; 25.71278
Churches of Moldavia
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UNESCO churches sites: 1 = Arbore, 2 = Humor, 3 = Moldovița, 4 = Pătrăuți, 5 = Probota, 6 = Suceava, 7 = Voroneț, 8 = Sucevița

The north of the Moldavia region in Romania preserves numerous religious buildings as a testimony of the Moldavian architectural style developed in the Principality of Moldavia starting from the 14th century.

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Of these, eight Romanian Orthodox Churches located in Suceava County and built from the late 15th century to the late 16th century are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, since 1993. Church of the Resurrection within the Sucevița Monastery was added to the site in 2010. The churches have their external walls covered in authentic and unique fresco paintings, representing complete cycles of religious themes.

World Heritage Site

ImageNameLocationBuiltFounder
Biserica Arbore13.jpg Beheading of St. John the Baptist Church Arbore 1502Luca Arbore
Biserica Manastirii Humorului si Turnul lui Vasile Lupu.jpg Assumption of the Virgin Church Mănăstirea Humorului 1530Toader Bubuiog
Manastirea Moldovita, vedere laterala.jpg Annunciation Church Vatra Moldoviței 1532 Petru Rareș
Biserica Inaltarea Sf. Cruci din Patrauti12.jpg Holy Rood Church Pătrăuți 1487 Ștefan cel Mare
BisericaSfNicolaeProbota 02.JPG St. Nicholas Church Probota 1530 Petru Rareș
Manastirea Sfantul Ioan cel Nou.jpg St. George Church Suceava 1522 Bogdan III
Voronet, Manastirea.jpg St. George Church Voroneț 1488 Ștefan cel Mare
Biserica si curtea manastirii Sucevita.jpg Resurrection Church Sucevița 1581Gheorghe Movilă

Other churches

NameLocationBuiltFounder
Agapia Monastery Agapia, Neamț County 1643Gavriil Coci
Bogdana Monastery Rădăuți, Suceava County 1360 Bogdan I
Cetățuia Monastery Iași, Iași County 1672 Gheorghe Duca
Dragomirna Monastery Mitocu Dragomirnei, Suceava County1609 Anastasie Crimca
Galata Monastery Iași, Iași County1584 Petru Șchiopul
Golia Monastery Iași, Iași County1660Ioan Golia
Neamț Monastery Vânători-Neamț, Neamț County1497 Ștefan cel Mare
Putna Monastery Putna, Suceava County1466 Ștefan cel Mare
Trei Ierarhi Monastery Iași, Iași County1639 Vasile Lupu
Văratec Monastery Văratec, Neamț County1785Olimpiada

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References

    Kocój E., Świątynie, postacie, ikony. Malowane cerkwie i monastyry Bukowiny Południowej w wyobrażeniach rumuńskich [Temples, persons, icons. Painted churches and monasteries of South Bucovina in Romanian imagology], Kraków 2006, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, ss. 444, 120 photos, https://www.academia.edu/24331662/%C5%9Awi%C4%85tynie_postacie_ikony._Malowane_cerkwie_i_monastyry_Bukowiny_Po%C5%82udniowej_w_wyobra%C5%BCeniach_rumu%C5%84skich_Temples_persons_icons._Painted_churches_and_monasteries_of_South_Bukovina_in_Romanian_imagology_Wydawnictwo_Uniwersytetu_Jagiello%C5%84skiego_Krak%C3%B3w_2006_s._440