Sucevița Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox convent situated in the Northeastern part of Romania. It is situated near the Suceviţa River, in the village Sucevița. It was built in 1585 by Ieremia Movilă, Gheorghe Movilă and Simion Movilă.
The architecture of the church contains both Byzantine and Gothic elements, and some elements typical to other painted churches of northern Moldavia. Both interior and exterior walls are covered by mural paintings, which are of great artistic value and depict biblical episodes from the Old and New Testament. The paintings date from around 1601, which makes Sucevița one of the last monasteries to be decorated in the famous Moldavian style of exterior paintings.
The interior court of the monastic ensemble is almost square and is surrounded by high walls. There are several other defensive structures within the ensemble, including four towers (one on each corner). Sucevița was a princely residence as well as a fortified monastery.
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Sucevița Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox convent situated in the Northeastern part of Romania. It is situated near the Suceviţa River, in the village Sucevița. It was built in 1585 by Ieremia Movilă, Gheorghe Movilă and Simion Movilă.
The architecture of the church contains both Byzantine and Gothic elements, and some elements typical to other painted churches of northern Moldavia. Both interior and exterior walls are covered by mural paintings, which are of great artistic value and depict biblical episodes from the Old and New Testament. The paintings date from around 1601, which makes Sucevița one of the last monasteries to be decorated in the famous Moldavian style of exterior paintings.
The interior court of the monastic ensemble is almost square and is surrounded by high walls. There are several other defensive structures within the ensemble, including four towers (one on each corner). Sucevița was a princely residence as well as a fortified monastery.
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On January 23, 1859, Romania was officially established as a country. In 1877, Romania gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. Romania is best known for the Carpathian Mountains, salt mines, medieval fortresses, the folklore of Vlad the Impaler and the forests of Transylvania.
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German architect Johannes Schultz designed the Neo-Renaissance style Peleș Castle with construction starting in 1873. King Carol I of Romania commissioned the construction of a royal hunting preserve and summer retreat on the property and the foundation was laid in August 1873. Later additions were made between 1893 and 1914 by the Czech architect Karel Liman, who designed the towers. The castle was highlighted in the movie The Brothers Bloom (2009), along with the Netflix original movie A Christmas Prince and its sequels as well as Queen Marie a film about Romania's last queen (2021) which we saw on Prime Video and thought it was outstanding.
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Architects André Lecomte du Noüy and Nicolae Gabrielescu designed the Curtea de Argeș Cathedral in a Byzantine style completed in 1517. It is a Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania, located on the grounds of the Curtea de Argeș Monastery. It is dedicated to Dormition of the Mother of God andis the seat of the Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel.
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