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    style developed in the Principality of Moldavia starting from the 14th century. Of these, eight Romanian Orthodox Churches located in Suceava County and built...
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    Moldavia (Romanian: Moldova, pronounced [molˈdova] or Țara Moldovei lit. 'The country of Moldova'; in Romanian Cyrillic: Молдова or Цара Мѡлдовєй) is a...
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  • Monastery/Churches of Moldavia Făgăraș Citadel Bucharest (see below) Iron Gates Decebalus sculpture Heroes' Cross Bigăr Waterfall Mausoleum of Mărășești...
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  • the union of Wallachia and Moldavia into Romania. The Orthodox Church and the Romanian Church United with Rome were declared national churches in 1923....
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    UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site Saint John the New Monastery (part of the Churches of Moldavia), both local and national tourist attractions. In addition, the...
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    first abbot of the monastery. The tomb of Saint Daniil is located within the monastery. The church is one of the Painted churches of Moldavia listed in...
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  • 2010. "Churches of Moldavia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021. "Historic Centre of Sighișoara"...
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    Romania (redirect from Republic of Romania)
    Castle, the painted churches of northern Moldavia, and the wooden churches of Maramureș, or the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania. The...
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    Sucevița Monastery (category Churches of Moldavia)
    architecture of the church contains both Byzantine and Gothic elements, and some elements typical to other painted churches of northern Moldavia. Both interior...
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    the following years, dozens of stone churches and monasteries were built in Moldavia, which contributed to the development of a specific Moldavian architecture...
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    Moldovița Monastery (category Churches of Moldavia)
    monasteries—including the Monastery of Moldovița—were placed on UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993, as the Painted churches of Moldavia. This monastery, built by...
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    Tourism in Romania (category Economy of Romania)
    Sibiu County. Churches of Moldavia – The eight Romanian Orthodox Churches of Moldavia are located in Suceava County, northern Moldavia, (Bukovina) and...
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    Saint John the New Monastery (category Churches of Moldavia)
    Built between 1514 and 1522, the monastery church is one of eight buildings that make up the churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also...
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    The Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina, in Iași, Romania, is a metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Metropolis of Moldavia was set up in 1386...
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    and with golden cupolas. Annunciation Church of Moldovița Monastery, one of the eight painted churches of Moldavia, Romania, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
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    a hiking trail that crosses the Transylvania, Bukovina and Banat regions of Romania, and is meant to promote their respective cultural, ethnic, historical...
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  • of Moldavia. Born in Rădăuți, his parents Adrian and Maria entered monasticism late in life and are buried in the portico of Putna Monastery church....
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    and dedicated to the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, it is one of eight buildings that make up the churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site. It...
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    Principalities or Wallachia and Moldavia, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia. The union was formed...
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    age of 27. The cult of Saint Paraskeva began to spread in the 14th century from Bulgaria into the Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia. There...
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  • Moldavian grand boyar, possibly briefly a Voivode of Moldavia, mentioned in a document from 1407 in line of rulers between Lațcu and Petru. Initially it has...
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  • died on 26 July 1496) was the first-born son of Stephen III of Moldavia and his first wife Evdochia of Kiev. He participated in his father's fights against...
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  • This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee...
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    Built in 1487, with Stephen III of Moldavia as ktitor, it is one of eight buildings that make up the churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site, and...
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    March 1479 – 20 April 1517) was Voivode of Moldavia from July 2, 1504, to 1517. Bogdan was born in Huși as the son of Voivode Stephen III (Stephen the Great)...
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    Humor Monastery (category Churches of Moldavia)
    UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia. Humor was one of the first of Moldavia's painted monasteries...
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    Gheorghe (1928). Bisericile Moldovenesti in Secolul Al XVI-lea [Churches of Moldavia in the 15th century] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Tiparul Cultura Națională...
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    Dolhasca (category Localities in Western Moldavia)
    town, is one of the Churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2002, Dolhasca had a population of 11,009 inhabitants, 90% of which were Romanians...
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    Probota Monastery (category Churches of Moldavia)
    1530, with Peter IV Rareș as ktitor, it is one of eight buildings that make up the Churches of Moldavia UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also listed...
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    Dragoș Vodă, or Dragoș the Founder was the first Voivode of Moldavia, who reigned in the middle of the 14th century, according to the earliest Moldavian...
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