Voroneț Monastery

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Eastern Orthodox monastery Romanian Orthodox monastery painted church of Bukovina

Voroneț Monastery is a famous 15th-century Romanian Orthodox monastery in Bukovina, renowned for its vivid exterior frescoes dominated by a distinctive shade of blue known as "Voroneț blue."

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Label Occurrences
Voroneț Monastery canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ
Romanian Orthodox monastery ⓘ
painted church of Bukovina ⓘ
architecturalType monastic church ⓘ
belongsTo Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți ⓘ
constructionDuration 3 months and 3 weeks ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1488 ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of medieval Moldavian art ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form: Saint George
denomination Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
exteriorDecoration polychrome frescoes ⓘ
foundedBy Stephen the Great ⓘ
founder Stephen III of Moldavia ⓘ
frescoTheme Final Judgment ⓘ
surface form: Last Judgment

Lives of saints ⓘ
Old and New Testament scenes ⓘ
hasColor Voroneț blue ⓘ
hasComponent belfry ⓘ
enclosing walls ⓘ
monastic cells ⓘ
narthex ⓘ
nave ⓘ
pronaos ⓘ
hasFrescoesFrom 16th century ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
interiorDecoration Byzantine-style frescoes ⓘ
knownFor distinctive Voroneț blue color ⓘ
exterior frescoes ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Church Slavonic ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Byzantine Rite ⓘ
locatedIn Bukovina ⓘ
Suceava County ⓘ
Voroneț village ⓘ
locatedNear Gura Humorului ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nickname Sistine Chapel of the East ⓘ
notableFeature Last Judgment fresco on west façade ⓘ
paintingTechnique al fresco ⓘ
partOf Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
patronSaint Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form: Saint George
region historical region of Moldavia ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofType steep wooden roof ⓘ
style Moldavian architectural style ⓘ
tourismAttraction major tourist destination in Northern Romania ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1993 ⓘ
yearCompleted 1488 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romanian Orthodox Church → hasMonastery → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
Gura Humorului → locatedNear → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
Gura Humorului → hasReligiousSiteNearby → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
Campulung Moldovenesc → hasNearbyMonastery → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
subject surface form: Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Churches of Moldavia → hasPart → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
Suceava County → contains → Voroneț Monastery ⓘ