Churches of Moldavia

Churches of Moldavia

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Map of the most important northern Moldavian monasteries
Location	Suceava County, Moldavia, Romania
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (iv)
Reference	598bis
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)
Extensions	2010
Coordinates	47°46′42″N 25°42′46″E
Location of Churches of Moldavia in Romania

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.

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

Image	Name	Location	Built	Founder
	Beheading of St. John the Baptist Church	Arbore	1502	Luca Arbore
	Assumption of the Virgin Church	Mănăstirea Humorului	1530	Toader Bubuiog
	Annunciation Church	Vatra Moldoviței	1532	Petru Rareș
	Holy Rood Church	Pătrăuți	1487	Ștefan cel Mare
	St. Nicholas Church	Probota	1530	Petru Rareș
	St. George Church	Suceava	1522	Bogdan III
	St. George Church	Voroneț	1488	Ștefan cel Mare
	Resurrection Church	Sucevița	1581	Gheorghe Movilă

Other churches

Name	Location	Built	Founder
Agapia Monastery	Agapia, Neamț County	1643	Gavriil Coci
Bogdana Monastery	Rădăuți, Suceava County	1360	Bogdan I
Cetățuia Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1672	Gheorghe Duca
Dragomirna Monastery	Mitocu Dragomirnei, Suceava County	1609	Anastasie Crimca
Galata Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1584	Petru Șchiopul
Golia Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1660	Ioan Golia
Neamț Monastery	Vânători-Neamț, Neamț County	1497	Ștefan cel Mare
Putna Monastery	Putna, Suceava County	1466	Ștefan cel Mare
Trei Ierarhi Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1639	Vasile Lupu
Văratec Monastery	Văratec, Neamț County	1785	Olimpiada

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  Agapia Monastery
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  Bogdana Monastery
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  Cetățuia Monastery
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  Dragomirna Monastery
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  Galata Monastery
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  Golia Monastery
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  Neamț Monastery
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  Putna Monastery
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  Trei Ierarhi Monastery
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  Văratec Monastery

See also

• Byzantium after Byzantium
• Christianity in Romania
• Eastern Orthodox Church
• List of World Heritage Sites in Romania
• Moldavian vault
• Moldavian style
• Seven Wonders of Romania
• Romanian architecture
• Tourism in Romania

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

External links

• UNESCO: Churches of Moldavia World Heritage Site
• Cultural Heritage and Religious Tourism in Bucovina and Moldavia
• The Painted Wonders of Bucovina
• Monasteries of Bucovina
• Ten Wonders of Bucovina- article with images.
• Painted Churches in Bukovina
• Bukovina's Painted Monasteries- article with images and location details.