Sucevita Monastery |
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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.
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