HISTORICAL CHURCHES & MONASTERIES OF EAST EUROPE (Moldova)

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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - HOME TO DOZENS OF HISTORICAL CHURCHES & MONASTERIES

CAPRIANA MONASTERY (~1429)

  • FOUNDED BY MOLDOVAN RULER “STEFAN THE GREAT”
  • HOME TO THE BIGGEST CONVENT LIBRARY IN MOLDOVA
  • CLOSED DURING THE POST-WAR PERIOD, IT WAS ONLY REOPENED AGAIN IN 1989

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WOODEN CHURCH, CHISINAU (~1642)
-OLDEST RELIGIOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENT IN MOLDOVA
-BUILD FROM OAK TREES OF MOLDOVAN CODRI
-THE LARGEST WOODEN CHURCH IN THE COUNTRY, TOPPING AT 27 METERS (89 ft)

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HANCU MONASTERY (~1678)

  • IT WAS BUILD AS A CONVENT FOR NUNS
  • 1956 TO 1990 THE CONVENT WAS CLOSED BY THE SOVIETS, INSTEAD IT FUNCTIONED AS A SANATORIUM FOR THE HEALTH MINISTRY
  • IN 1990 THE CONVENT WAS REOPENED, AND NOW IT CAN BE VISITED DAILY

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CURCHI MONASTERY (~1773)

-IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1773-1775 AND BECAME ONE OF THE RICHEST AND LARGEST MONASTERIES IN MOLDOVA.
-HAS THE HIGHEST DOME IN MOLDOVA, RISING TO A HEIGHT OF 57 METERS (187 FT)

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TIPOVA MONASTERY (~1776)

  • BIGGEST ORTHODOX CAVE MONASTERY IN EASTERN EUROPE
  • IN ANCIENT TIMES (IV-III C. BC) A GETO-DACIAN FORTRESS STOOD IN THE GROUNDS. ITS REMAINS ARE STILL VISIBLE.
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SAHARNA MONASTERY (~1777)

  • EXCEPTIONAL PANORAMIC VIEW OF ROCKY HILLS AND FORESTS WITH 30 CASCADES & WATERFALLS
    -IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE WITH THE REMAINS FROM THE IRON AGE (X-VIII C. BC)

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METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL, CHISINAU (~1830)

  • THE PRINCIPAL CATHEDRAL OF THE MOLDOVAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
  • THE CATHEDRAL WAS BUILT TO A NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN BY ABRAM MELNIKOV
  • THE BELL TOWER WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1836, BUT WAS DESTROYED AFTER WWII AND REBUILT IN 1997

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Sources:
https://www.travel.md/what-to-see/churches-monasteries-moldova/
http://www.moldova.md/en/content/monastery-curchi

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