Mănăstirea VORONET (1488)
The Voronet Monastery, nicknamed the "Sistine Chapel of the East", is a medieval monastic complex built in the village of Voronet, a component locality of the city of Gura Humorului. It is one of the most valuable founders of Stephen the Great (1457-1504). The church was erected in 1488 in only 3 months and 3 weeks, which is a record for that time.
The monastery complex consists of:
* The Church of “St. Gheorghe”, dating from 1488, with porch from 1547,
* Ruins of the cells, dating from the XV-XVIII centuries,
* Bell tower, dating from 1488,
* Enclosure wall, dating from the XV-XVIII centuries.
Small in size, with a trilobate plan, with the Moldovan vaulted tower on the nave, the church is one of the few monuments of religious architecture in the north of Moldova, which largely retain their original form.
In 1547 the metropolitan Grigore Roșca, cousin of Petru Rareș initiated the addition of a closed porch, for which he adopts a unique solution, in which the architecture is visibly subordinated to the painted decoration: the western wall of the porch is a full wall without any opening, as well as the painting of the exterior walls, from the foundation to the eaves, works that gave the construction a great glow.
👉In 1993, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included the Church "Sf. Gheorghe ”of the Voronet Monastery, together with seven other churches from the north of Moldova (Arbore, Pătrăuți, Moldovița, Probota,“ Sf. Ioan cel Nou ”from Suceava, Sucevița and Humor), on the list of world cultural heritage, in the group of Painted Churches in the north Moldova.
Mănăstirea VORONET (1488)
The Voronet Monastery, nicknamed the "Sistine Chapel of the East", is a medieval monastic complex built in the village of Voronet, a component locality of the city of Gura Humorului. It is one of the most valuable founders of Stephen the Great (1457-1504). The church was erected in 1488 in only 3 months and 3 weeks, which is a record for that time.
The monastery complex consists of:
* The Church of “St. Gheorghe”, dating from 1488, with porch from 1547,
* Ruins of the cells, dating from the XV-XVIII centuries,
* Bell tower, dating from 1488,
* Enclosure wall, dating from the XV-XVIII centuries.
Small in size, with a trilobate plan, with the Moldovan vaulted tower on the nave, the church is one of the few monuments of religious architecture in the north of Moldova, which largely retain their original form.
In 1547 the metropolitan Grigore Roșca, cousin of Petru Rareș initiated the addition of a closed porch, for which he adopts a unique solution, in which the architecture is visibly subordinated to the painted decoration: the western wall of the porch is a full wall without any opening, as well as the painting of the exterior walls, from the foundation to the eaves, works that gave the construction a great glow.
👉In 1993, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) included the Church "Sf. Gheorghe ”of the Voronet Monastery, together with seven other churches from the north of Moldova (Arbore, Pătrăuți, Moldovița, Probota,“ Sf. Ioan cel Nou ”from Suceava, Sucevița and Humor), on the list of world cultural heritage, in the group of Painted Churches in the north Moldova.