Churches of Moldavia

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Churches of Moldavia
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Reference	598
UNESCO region	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)

The eight Romanian Orthodox Churches of Moldavia are located in Suceava County, northern Moldavia, and were built approximately between 1487 and 1583.

Since 1993, they have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Church of the Resurrection within the Sucevița Monastery was added to the site in 2010.

Image	Name	Location	Built	Founder
	Beheading of St. John the Baptist Church	Arbore	1502	Luca Arbore
	Dormition of the Mother of God Church	Mănăstirea Humorului	1530	Toader Bubuiog
150px	Annunciation Church	Vatra Moldoviței	1532	Petru Rareș
	Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church	Pătrăuți	1487	Ștefan cel Mare
	St. Nicholas Church	Probota	1530	Petru Rareș
	St. George Church	Suceava	1522	Bogdan III
	St. George Church	Voroneț	1488	Ștefan cel Mare
	Resurrection Church	Sucevița	1581	Gheorghe Movilă

Other remarkable churches in the area are:

Map of the most important northeastern Moldavian monasteries

Name	Location	Built	Founder
Agapia Monastery	Agapia, Neamț County	1643	Gavriil Coci
Bogdana Monastery	Rădăuți, Suceava County	1360	Bogdan I
Dragomirna Monastery	Mitocu Dragomirnei, Suceava County	1609	Anastasie Crimca
Galata Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1584	Petru Șchiopul
Golia Monastery	Iași, Iași County	1660	Ioan Golia
Neamț Monastery	Vânători-Neamț, Neamț County	1407	Petru I
Putna Monastery	Putna, Suceava County	1466	Ștefan cel Mare
Văratec Monastery	Văratec, Neamț County	1785	Olimpiada

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  Agapia Monastery

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  Bogdana Monastery

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  Dragomirna Monastery

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  Galata Monastery

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  Golia Monastery

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  Neamț Monastery

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  Putna Monastery

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  Văratec Monastery

Location

Arbore Church

Humor Monastery

Moldovița Monastery

Church of the Holy Cross, Pătrăuți

Probota Monastery

Saint John the New Monastery

Voroneț Monastery

Sucevița Monastery

Location of World Heritage Churches of Moldavia

See also

• Tourism in Romania
• List of World Heritage Sites in Romania
• Byzantium after Byzantium

External links

• UNESCO: Churches of Moldavia World Heritage Site
• Cultural Heritage and Religious Tourism in Bucovina and Moldavia
• The Painted Wonders of Bucovina
• Monasteries of Bucovina
• Ten Wonders of Bucovina- article with images.
• Painted Churches in Bukovina