Sucevita Painted Monastery, a photo from Suceava, East

Photographer's Note

The Monastery was founded by Gheorghe Movila Metropolitan and his brothers Ieremia and Simion Movila, in 1584, in the same place with a wooden church since 15th century.

The Church is in a large precinct, as a fortress, with towers and it represents "the most complete church by its architecture and external and internal pictures". It is founded by Stefan cel Mare si Sfant prince.

The mural pictures, full of decorations, were realized by Ion Zugravul and his brother Sofronie, before 1596, in Ieremia Movila reign. The pictures present the Christian life, the nature, from the Holy Bible (the Old Testament) and local folkloric life. The predominant color is green.

The monastery’s museum accommodates an embroidery covering since 1491, an epitaph since 1597 enrich with 1000 semi-precious stone, icons since 16th century and cult objects. In the monastery are the Movilesti family’s shrines.

The monastery is an UNESCO monument and this information was from http://www.agrotour.ro

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kikvel (4784) 2005-07-24 18:50

nice shot of this monastery
plenty of info too

I like the mural a lot, and the dark green tones
thanks for sharing

K.

leonorkuhn (16237) 2005-07-24 22:23

Hi Dan,
Lovely building, nice painted walls. Good colors, sharp and lightness.
Greetings,
Leonor

digi-mom (1064) 2005-07-26 11:14

I like the composition - but especially the monastery and mural itself! A nice presentation, almost too tilted for me, but good colours and textures. :o)

pnphan (3957) 2005-07-29 21:04

very nice shot at this colorful place. Europe sure has lots of wonderful architec.

Rinie_Hoff (9340) 2005-08-16 16:39 [Comment]

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bertolucci (14052) 2005-08-25 14:27

Hi Dan I see yo didn't post quite a while. I like the very well rendered mural and the way it leads us to the other part of the monastery. Very well conmposed I love the Velvia-hues. This film is still very much alive. Very nicely captured.
Regards from Rotterdam, Bert.

michalu (810) 2005-09-11 23:39

Hi Dan!
Very interesting photo with full of details.Good colors and sharpnes.
Greetings
Michael

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