Bucovina Monasteries Proiect Engleza

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Content:

-Introduction

-Hu or Monastery

-Moldovita Monastery

-Pro!ota Monastery

-"ucevita Monastery

-#oronet Monastery


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Bucovina Monasteries

Introduction"#ere is indeed no ot#er lace in t#e $orld t#an Bucovina in %ort#ern Moldavia, $#ere a

grou of &rt#odo' monasteries $it# t#eir e'terior mural aintings are to (e seen) "#ese *aintedMonasteries are art of U%ES+& s -orld .eritage for t#eir rarity and (eauty) Anot#er grou are t#e-ooden +#urc#es of Maramures, uni/ue e'am les t#at com(ine 0ot#ic style $it# traditional tim(erconstruction)

-it# many #otos and e'tensive information t#is $e(site resents t#e uni/ue and ric# cultural#eritage of Bucovina, Maramures, and Romania in general e'tensive travel information and guides,

ictures, monasteries, c#urc#es, attractions and destinations all over Romania)

"#e im ressive num(er of c#urc#es to (e found in Bucovina, Romania, $it# t#eir finee'terior and interior frescoes, #ave (een reserved and #anded do$n from mediaeval times, and

(ecause of t#eir uni/ueness and artistic value, $ere added to U%ES+& s -orld +ultural .eritage1ist in 2334) "#ere is, indeed, no ot#er lace in t#e $orld $#ere suc# a grou of c#urc#es, $it# suc##ig# /uality e'terior frescoes, are to (e seen)

"#e c#urc#es $ere founded, in most cases, as family (urial laces of rinces and #ig#

no(les) Eac# ainter, alt#oug# follo$ing t#e canonical iconogra #ic rogramme, inter reted t#escenes in a slig#tly different $ay) Using colors li5e t#e famous Voronet (lue, t#e green6red ofSucevita, t#e yello$ of Moldovita, t#e red of .umor and t#e green of Ar(ore, t#e ainters 7most oft#em un5no$n8 descri(ed t#e (i(lical stories of t#e eart# and #eaven, scenes from t#e lives of t#e.olly Virgin and 9esus +#rist, stories of man s (eginnings and of #is life after deat#) "#e scenes$ere first ainted on t#e interior $alls, and t#en e'tended to t#e e'terior ones) "#e reasons for suc#vast scenes $ere (ot# religious and didactic! to romote &rt#odo'y and to educate t#e illiterate)

Among t#e most ictures/ue treasures of Romania are t#e *ainted Monasteries ofBucovina 7 in northeastern Romania 8) "#eir ainted e'terior $alls are decorated $it# ela(orate 2:t#and 2;t# century frescoes featuring ortraits of saints and ro #ets, scenes from t#e life of 9esus,images of angels and demons, #eaven and #ell)Deemed master ieces of By


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"#e (est6 reserved are t#e monasteries in .umor, Moldovita, *atrauti, *ro(ota, Suceava,Sucevita, and Voronet) Anot#er, a small c#urc#, is located in t#e village of Ar(ore) Seven of t#ec#urc#es $ere laced on U%ES+& s -orld .eritage list in 2334) "#e eig#t#, Sucevita, is a$aitingsanction to (e added on t#e list)

Hu or Monastery

Location: Bucovina Northeastern Romania Nearby large town: Suceava (25 miles east) Access: car bus (!rom Suceva) train Nearest train stations: "ura #umorului

Founded in 2:4>, .umor (#oo mor) is rat#er small #ysically, (ut looms large among

Bucovina s treasures $it# a variety of frescoes dating from 2:4:, including one illustratingt#e Return o! the $ro%igal Son and one $it# a ?#umorous@ de iction of t#e devil as a $oman)

"#e c#urc#, to ed (y a cross6s#a ed s#ingled roof, is $it#out a stee le, indicating t#at it $as (uilt (y a court official rat#er t#an a rince) "#e redominant #ues of t#e frescoes are reddis# (ro$n$it# some ric# (lues and green infusions) An e'tremely valua(le collection of icons from t#e 2;t#century is dis layed in t#e monastery)

Moldovita Monastery
http://www.romaniatourism.com/monasteries/humor-monastery.html


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Location: Bucovina Northeastern Romania

Nearby large town: Suceava (55 miles southeast)

Access: car train (!rom Suceava to &ama ' hours an% !rom &ama to &atra ol%ovitei *5 min+)

Nearest train station: &atra ol%ovitei

"#e Monastery of Moldovita ( ol %o vee, tsa) , located in t#e village of Vatra Moldovitei, $as (uilt (y *etru Rares in 2:4 )"#e Siege of +onstantino le frescoes $ere ins ired (y a oem dedicatedto t#e Virgin Mary in t#an5sgiving for #er intervention in saving t#e city of +onstantino le from a*ersian attac5 in A)D) ; ;) n a $onderful olitical s in, considering t#e &ttoman t#reat to Moldavia

in t#e 2:>>s, t#e Siege on t#e $alls of Moldovita +#urc# de icts t#e enemy as tur(aned "ur5s rat#ert#an *ersians)

"#e redominantly gold and dee (lue aintings on t#e e'terior $alls $ere com leted in 2:4C)"#e large and vivid Siege o! -onstantino.le #ig#lig#ts t#e frescoes)Anot#er stunning re resentation

de icts t#e /ree o! 0esse , re resenting +#rist s genealogy, a $ide6s read iconogra #ical t#eme inEuro e during t#e Middle Ages)

Pro!ota Monastery


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Location: Bucovina Northeastern Romania Nearby large town: Suceava (*' miles northwest) Access: car Nearest train station: 1olhasca

&nly t#e c#urc# and t#e rince s residence remain todayfrom t#e original ensem(le founded (y *etru Rares in 2:4>) n 2:4 , t#e c#urc# featured (ot#outside and inside frescoes) n t#e 23t# century, a large art of t#e mural

aintings $ere re laced)*ro(ota $as t#e first monastery to #ave e'ternal frescoes ainted inMoldavia)

.ig# $alls surround *ro(ota $it# corner to$ers for defense and a gate to$er (uilt in 2::>)"#roug#out its #istory, *ro(ota Monastery #as undergone several restorations and conservationcam aigns) More interventions $ere carried out in 234> to re lace some of t#e got#ic tracery andre air t#e floor) n t#e stee le a(ove t#e ruler s residence, a small museum e'#i(its icons, furniture,old (oo5s, coins and several artifacts)

"ucevita Monastery


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Location: Bucovina Northeastern Romania Nearby large town: Suceava (*' miles southeast) Access: car bus (!rom Ra%auti) Nearest train stations: Ra%auti &atra ol%ovitei

.ig# $alls and #eavily (uttressed defensive to$ers surround t#e great monastic com le' ofSucevita, giving it t#e a earance of a fortress) Founded in 2: 2 (y 0#eorg#e Movila, Bis#o ofRadauti, it $as later e' anded (y #is (rot#er, eremia, ruling rince of Moldavia, $#o added massive

ram arts and turrets)An elegant stee le resting on a star6s#a ed (ase to s t#e c#urc#) Massive eaves rotect t#e outside frescoes, ainted (y local artists in 2;> 62;> )

Sucevita $as t#e last of t#e ainted c#urc#es of Bucovina and #as t#e largest num(er of ainted images)"#e $estern e'terior $all of t#e c#urc# is not ainted) 1egend #as it t#at $or5sto ed after one of t#e ainters fell from t#e scaffolding and died)

Sucevita (oasts a magnificent de iction of t#e La%%er to $ara%ise) Red6$inged angels inorderly ro$s attend t#e rig#teous on a slanting ladder to t#e #eavens, eac# rung inscri(ed $it# one oft#e monastic virtues) Sinners fall t#roug# t#e rungs and are driven (y grinning devils to t#e c#aos of

#ell) &n t#e sout# side, foliage ent$ines t#e ro$s of figures in t#e /ree o! 0esse+ Follo$ing it ist#e #ymn to the &irgin+

Sucevita $as a rincely residence as $ell as a fortified monastery) "oday, t#e t#ic5 $allss#elter a museum resenting an outstanding collection of #istorical and art o(Gects) "#e tom( coversof eremia and Simion Movila ric# ortraits em(roidered in silver t#read toget#er $it#ecclesiastical silver$are, (oo5s and illuminated manuscri ts, offer elo/uent testimony to Sucevita sim ortance first as a manuscri t $or5s#o , t#en as a rinting center)


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#oronet Monastery

"#e +#urc# of St) 0eorge of t#e VoroneH Monastery is ossi(ly t#e most famous c#urc# of Romania)


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ear Built: '344

Built by: Ste.hen the "reat

Location: &orone Suceava -ounty

t is 5no$n t#roug#out t#e $orld for its e'terior frescoes of (rig#t and intense colours, and for

t#e #undreds of $ell6 reserved figures laced against t#e reno$ned a


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0ot#ic arc#) "#e $#ole $est faJade is $it#out any o enings, $#ic# indicates t#at t#e intention of

Metro olitan Roca $as since t#e (eginning to reserve it for frescoes)

7/he commemorative inscri.tion o! the -hurch o! St+ "eorge is .lace% above the entrance

"#e e'onart#e', as recounted a(ove, $as added (y t#e Metro olitan 0rigore Roca in

2: C) "#is addition c#anged t#e loo5 of t#e small c#urc#, $#ic# u to no$ #ad (een nearly identical

$it# t#e still e'isting c#urc#es of *ItrIuHi and St) EliGa# of Suceava)

"#e e'onart#e' is a rectangular s ace $it# a transversal (arrel vault) "#e $est $all is

$it#out an o ening, (ut on (ot# lateral $alls t#ere is an entrance and a tall 0ot#ic $indo$)

During t#e #alf century t#at se arates t#e aintings of t#e e'onart#e' from t#ose of t#e naos,

Moldavian art #ad evolved from so(er and rigorous to more com le', decorative and lively) Floral

decorations fill all availa(le em ty s ace, divide scenes and registers, and accentuate arc#itectural

elements suc# as nic#es and arc#es) "#e clot#es of t#e figures turn from sim le into sum tuous, and

t#e (lea5 landsca es are no$ filled $it# vegetation) Details $in ground $#ere earlier s iritualintensity $as most im ortant)

Voronet is 5m sout# of 0ura .umorului $#ere you can find accommodations and travel

information) "#e to$n can (e reac#ed (y rail$ay after a C 5m ride from Suceava and 4 5m

from +am ulung Moldovenesc , $#ile (y road t#e distance on E : is 4; 5m to (ot# Suceava and

+am ulung Moldovenesc)
http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/gura-humoruluihttp://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/suceavahttp://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/campulung-moldoveneschttp://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/gura-humoruluihttp://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/suceavahttp://www.romanianmonasteries.org/bucovina/bucovina-geography/campulung-moldovenesc


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7"eneral view o! the &oronet onastery +

71etails !rom !a8a%e o! &oronet onastery+

7/he vault o! the e>onarthe> %e.icts /he enolog + 7Saints an% #oly ;omen

*ortraits of ancient 0ree5 #iloso #ers, suc# as Aristotle and *lato, are featured in t#e /ree o! 0esus fresco)Added in 2: C, t#e frescoes of t#is c#urc# illustrate (i(lical scenes, rayers, e isodes of


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sacred #ymns and t#emes suc# as /he Last 0u%gment and /he La%%er o! St+ 0ohn, featuring colorfuland detail6ric# imagery of a ostles, evangelists, #iloso #ers, martyrs, angels and demons)

Monastic life at Voronet $as interru ted in 2C : under .a(s(urg rule) t returned only in 2332

$it# t#e arrival of a community of nuns $#ic# strives to #armoniously com(ine a religious life of rayer $it# #ouse5ee ing and farm $or5) "#e nuns run a ainting $or5s#o and rovide guidedtours of t#e monastery for visitors)

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KE'cer ts of an article (y Andre$ +urry) Mr) +urry is a Berlin6(ased Gournalist and former editor att#e Smit#sonian)

+reating t#e frescoes too5 a sure, /uic5 #and) "eams of four or five ainters $ould first evenout t#e c#urc# s roug# stone $alls $it# a t#ic5 layer of mortar, t#en smoot# on a t#in, fine6grainedlayer of lime laster mi'ed $it# natural fi(ers suc# as finely c#o ed stra$) &nce t#e last layer $asa lied, t#e artists #ad only a fe$ #ours to $or5 (efore t#e laster dried) A rentice ainters $oulda ly (ac5ground color and decorations, $#ile faces and #ands $ere reserved for master ainters)

Artists #ad to (e c#emists as $ell, mi'ing igments from rare clays, semi recious stones andcommon minerals) A

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