摩尔达维亚修道院

这附近有很多涂满壁画的修道院,但是这个是我的最爱,虽然由于时间太久,教堂其中一面的壁画已经完全被破坏了。一个尼姑带着我们把教堂外面和里面的壁画都逛了个遍,她的英文说得非常好。这个修道院的历史这么久,在君士坦丁堡混乱的历史中遭受到过这么多破坏和攻击,能保存到今天这个样子,也算是奇事一件了。里面有一个小博物馆,其中有一个展品是沙皇凯瑟琳女王捐赠的一本书。这个女修道院现在仍然在运作,尼姑们都是很好的导游,能带你到处逛,但是我可是不会对她们作揖的!

One of many similar Monasteries. You can visit them during "Monastery Tours" widely sold in many Cities in North Romania (e.g. Suceava). The best way to do that is to rent a car and see them on your own. Why they are worth seeing?- amazing paintings, kind of an architectural signature of these small churches/monasteries. They are not big enough to hold the whole village inside so people outside are able to see paintings and be part of whole ceremony.- great gardens, very well organized, most of them are state of art when it comes to landscape architecture -some of the monasteries are selling their food products and offering rooms to spend a night, it is always unforgettable experience-you can see an orthodox monk and talk with them, they are usually quite well educated and know few languages- these are part of great Romanian Cultural Heritage and absolutely must see

I was really impressed about the paintings and the history of the place.All the area is a fantastic place to visit especially if you are travelling by bicycle.

One of the famous monasteries of Bucovina. While in the area, take some time for a leisure train ride with a steam powered locomotive, on a narrow railroad - it is called "Mocănița"

Great place to spend 1-2 hours in a quiet place. The paintings are incredible and the architecture is awesome.Enjoy!

The monasteries in Bucovina are some of the most stunning places I have seen and a real gem. If you are lucky enough to come on a calm sunny day you will most likely have the place to your self or almost to yourself. The monastery is incredibly peaceful and the paintings are amazing (inside and outside). The same goes for most of the monasteries in Bucovina and apparently those in Neamt are incredible too but I didn't have the time to visit them.

When I was there, part of the paintings were in restauration. If you want to visit the museum you should ask the nuns to open it.

It is part of the Unesco heritage, and part of the chain of monasteries in Bucovina. It is very nice and peaceful.

Moldovita is one of the big 4 painted monasteries in Bucovina. It is the midpoint of a tour which should include Humor, Voronet and Sucevita. It seems quite isolated from the others, in a quiet valley surrounded by the lush green Carpathian hills. Entry is €1.50 and again, photography is another 1 or 2 euro on top of this. It was built in 1532 and paintings are predominantly yellow. There is an unusual triple arched open porch, which has helped to protect some of the frescos. The most important fresco is low down on the south wall. It shows the siege of Constantinople in 1453 but is actually a reference to an attack by Persians in 626. Look for the image of a walled city and people with turbans on. Inside the walls are covered in small square frescos one for each day of the year. They show the saint associated which each day.

I have been to many churches all over Europe, but this was a walk back in time to a Medieval era. A this is a must see! Well worth the trip across the mountains to see this living work of art.

What a beautiful monastery.It's quite amazing to think that the paintings have survived for so many centuries.Not a long visit but, without doubt, a must see if you are in the area.

Moldovita is much like all the other monasteries, but it seems the nuns who manage the buildings and grounds are a step up from all the others. It is a bouquet of colors and beauty, flowers and bushes, trees and vines. Go. It is also a testament to how stupid people can be: grafitta dating back a hundred plus years, defacing beautiful frescos range from Russian soldiers (of course) to touring Austrians... Arrogance.

not so kind persons, they only ask about your ticket and do not bother themselves too much of your presence there...however the monastery itself is a fantastic place to visit.

The paintings on the walls are very well rehabilitated, and the inside is very repainted by specialists as well. There is a hill nearby (exit the monatery and then left) from where to take a nice picture of the monastery and the cemetery. Not as big as Sucevita but as beautiful. There is a fee to take pictures outside (same price as a single ticket) and it's forbidden to take pictures inside the church.

One of the most important monasteries in Bucovina area, Moldovita is part of Romania's history. It is very well preserved. Inside the walls of the monastery you can also find a small museum with interesting old religious objects. The outside walls are all painted portreting different Biblical passages, the painting being well preserved until today. Other two important monasteries in the area to be visited are: Sucevita and Voronet. There is a simbolic fee to visit the place (about 1 euro). Also, there is a small shop at the entrance of the monastery, with many interesting religious souvenirs, books and icons.