Moldova’s Monasteries

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Moldova’s Monasteries containing themes from Genesis, Creation, Adam’s Fall, the Banishment from Paradise, the Prayer of all saints or the Judgment Day. The Moldavian monasteries with painted exterior walls are a unique phenomenon in the world.

Moldova’s Monasteries – Usually built on the site of earlier monasteries, the outer fresco Moldavian churches date from the 15th century, more precisely from the period after 1530. Most oh these churches were built during the reign of Prince Petru Rareş of Moldavia, the illegitimate sun of Stephen the Great (1457-1504).

Some theories consider them a local development, others a result from a similar trend from Transylvania, Hungary, Austria or influenced by the Greek ar Serb churches. No matter the source of this new architectural type, this churches represent an unique case of Byzantine art. The drafting of the painted themes is also original, containing themes from Genesis, Creation, Adam’s Fall, the Banishment from Paradise, the Prayer of all saints or the Judgment Day.

For all this historical, architectural and artistic features seven churches (Arbore, Humor, Moldovita, Patrauti, Probota, Saint George from Suceava and Voronet) were declared in 1993 as monuments of World Heritage of UNESCO.