Painted churches of northern Moldavia

Churches of Moldavia *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country	Romania
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iv
Reference	598
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1993 (17th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

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

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

Name	Village	Built
Church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist	Arbore	1503
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of the former Humor Monastery	Humor	1530
The Church of the Annunciation of the Moldoviţa Monastery	Moldovița	1532
Church of the Holy Rood of Pătrăuţi	Pătrăuți	1487
Church of St. Nicholas and the Catholicon of the Probota Monastery	Probota	1531
Church of St. George	Suceava	1522
Church of St George of the former Voroneţ Monastery	Voroneț	1487
Church of the Resurrection Suceviţa Monastery	Sucevița	1583

Other remarkable churches in the area are:

Map of the most important northeastern Moldavian monasteries

Name	Village	Built
Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Dragomirna Monastery	Dragomirna	1609
Church of the Transfiguration Slatina Monastery	Slatina	1554-61

See also

• Tourism in Romania
• Byzantium after Byzantium

External links

• Churches of Moldavia from the UNESCO website
• 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

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