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monastery. The thick walls today shelter a museum that presents an outstanding collection of historical and art objects. The tomb covers of Ieremia and Simion Movilă – rich portraits embroidered in silver thread – together with ecclesiastical silverware, books and illuminated manuscripts, offer eloquent testimony to Sucevița's importance first as a manuscript workshop, then as a printing center.
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The interior court of the monastic ensemble is almost square (100 by 104 meters) and is surrounded by high (6 m), wide (3 m) walls. There are several other defensive structures within the ensemble, including four towers (one on each corner). Sucevița was a princely residence as well as a fortified
507: 345: 268:. The paintings date from around 1601, which makes Sucevița one of the last monasteries to be decorated in the famous Moldavian style of exterior paintings. 238: 357: 120: 522: 321: 527: 260:. Both interior and exterior walls are covered by mural paintings, which are of great artistic value and depict biblical episodes from the 48: 512: 423: 492: 257: 369: 517: 113: 249: 162: 487: 482: 75: 60: 403: 284: 280: 8: 291: 253: 166: 157: 32: 449: 398: 288: 427: 307: 234: 210: 333: 202: 53: 242: 381: 295: 218: 222: 102: 501: 265: 261: 135: 122: 214: 98: 230: 226: 225:. It is located in the southern part of the historical region of 206: 106: 65: 476: 276: 327:
View of the ensemble, with the walls in the background
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Affiliation
Eastern Orthodox
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
Nunnery
Resurrection of Jesus
Sucevița
Suceava County
Romania
Geographic coordinates
47°46′41.36″N 25°42′40.42″E / 47.7781556°N 25.7112278°E / 47.7781556; 25.7112278
Style
Byzantine
Gothic
Eastern Orthodox
Romania
Suceviţa River
Sucevița
Rădăuţi
Suceava County
Bukovina
Moldavia
Ieremia Movilă
Gheorghe Movilă
Simion Movilă
Byzantine
Gothic
painted churches of northern Moldavia
Old
New Testament

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