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The Monastery of Sucevita

The Monastery of Sucevita was built between 1582 and 1584; this one was built before the advent with the throne of the one of these princes.

The initiative of this foundation belongs has Gheorghe Movila, at the time bishop of Radauti.
Jeremie Movila dies on June 30, 1606; it is buried with the church of monastery of Sucevita.

While reaching the throne in 1595, it melts a dynasty, because seven princes resulting from its family were going to follow one another, of which two was going to also hold it scepter of Walachia.

To one so disturbed time, the monacal unit could only assign the aspect of a fortress: ramparts high 6 meters and thick of 3 meters, buttresses, and solid masses turns of angle, loopholes.

The manufacturers had made wonder. With the painters maintaining of to express their talent, tries difficult. Those were congratulated with the exit on their work in 1596 we are unaware of it.
But their works appear to us still four centuries later, of the chiefs of works.

It is under the porch that the fresco best preserved is; " Dernier judgment "which points out our condition of mortals to us.

 It is there also that are held 14 scenes of the life of Jean saint the young person one of voïvode of Moldavia. The most interesting details are the costumes carried to the court of Alexandre the Good (1400-1432). It is this prince who had brought back the remainders of this trader of Trébizonde martyrized by the Tartars.

In the funerary crypt or sleep of their last sleep the founder convent. Around them are held on the walls the innumerable ones episodes of the life of Brace.

The life of Christ is the subject of a succession of frescos of very small dimensions surrounding a votive table which represents prince de Moldavia Jérémie Movila and its family.

The naos includes/understands also a composition of a remarkable beauty representing the Creation of the alive beings, energy of the camel and stag with the birds.

Just like the churches analogue of Bucovine, Sucevita owes its glory with its painted external walls. Undoubtedly what prevails, be several devoted topics share Byzantine art. "The Scale of Jean Climax", reason strongly tinted of moralist, is more largely treated there, because this subject concern the monks.

On the northern side, have sees a celestial scale which climb of monks, young person and old men, assisted by angels, while under degrees of the scale, a crowd of demons attract them in hell, which hell is represented share a dragon.

In Sucevita contrary to the other monasteries of Bucovine it does not appear any scenes of the attack of Constantinople.

This absence is explained only by the prudence of the founder; in effect, at the end of XVIeme century, when was set up the church Moldavia underwent the Othoman domination.


* Sponsor church: The "Resurrection of Christ" (April 27) * Devoted in 1584 * Common of Sucevita, department of Suceava * to 49 km south-west of Radauti

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