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Sucevita painted monestary Romania
The Sucevita Monastery UNESCO monument was founded by Gheorghe Movila Metropolitan and his brothers Ieremia and Simion Movila in 1584 in the same place with a wooden church since 15th century Sucevita monastery from Sucevita village built in 1585 by Ieremia Gheorghe and Simion Movila It is composed from a big fortified yard with high walls and towers the complex of boyard and monahal houses and the church situated in the center a materpiece of the Moldavian medieval architecture Decorated with paintings dating from 1601 covers all the walls of the church both inside and outside being one of the most valuable ensembles of Romania painting With Sucevita the great epoch of the famous Moldavian exterior painting ends The Church is in a large precinct as a fortress with towers and it represents the most complete church by its architecture and external and internal pictures It is founded by Stefan cel Mare si Sfant prince The mural pictures full of decorations were realized by Ion Zugravul and his brother Sofronie before 1596 in Ieremia Movila reign The pictures present the Christian life the nature from the Holy Bible the Old Testament and local folkloric life. The predominant color is green The monastery museum accommodates an embroidery covering since 1491 an epitaph since 1597 enrich with 1000 semi precious stone icons since 16th century and cult objects In the monastery are the Movilesti family shrines.
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Photo credit: © Dan Bachmann / Alamy / Afripics
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