Dragomira monastery Most of the monasteries are related to the name of Stephen the Great, ruler of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504, and under whose patronage over 30 edifices were built. The architectural art of the monastery is unique, combining the Byzantine tradition and the Occidental influences in a manner that wil more...
Bogdana monastery In the heart of Radauti County, in a spacious court, rises the oldest architectural monument made of stone, built in Moldova, foundation of Bogdan I ruler, built by the XIV century.
The place where Bogdan I erected his church and monastery was, at that time, surrounded with century old forests. He more...
Barsana monastery In a rich country, blessed with forests, the wood offers the possibility for everyone to become artists. The village of Barsana dated from 1326.
The Maramures wooden churches represent the beautiful synthesis of the major architectural elements of Eastern and Western Europe, more precisely a synthe more...
Arbore Monastery Luca Arbore was one of the important boyards of Stefan cel Mare, being since 1486 the gate keeper of Suceava. He have had defended bravely the Suceava Fortress in 1497 against Polish attacks. He remains in history also by the famous churh from the villages that has his name.
The Decollation of Sa more...
Agapia monastery The high place, hardly accessible, where Agapia on the Hill (Old Agapia) is located, makes that at the beginning of the 17th century that all the annexes to be moved on the place that it is today called Agapia from the Valley (New Agapia). Ruined and again built, burned and remade again, Agapia on t more...
Arges monastery The Episcopal Church, or the Monastery of Curtea de Arges, was founded by prince Neagoe Basarab between 1514-1517, on the site of a metropolitan church which had been raised in the 14th century and acknowledged by the Archbishopric of Constantinople in 1359.
The legend has it that one day, a very more...
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