Churches of Moldavia

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site group of churches

The Churches of Moldavia are a group of remarkable medieval Romanian Orthodox churches in northern Moldavia, famed for their well-preserved exterior frescoes and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Churches of Moldavia canonical 3
Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia 1
Painted churches of northern Romania 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
group of churches ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
Moldavian architectural style ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
culturalSignificance fusion of Byzantine and local traditions ⓘ
influence on Orthodox religious art in Eastern Europe ⓘ
denomination Romanian Orthodox Church ⓘ
governingBody Romanian authorities for cultural heritage ⓘ
hasPart Arbore Church ⓘ
Church of St George in Suceava ⓘ
Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist in Arbore ⓘ
Church of the Holy Cross in Pătrăuți ⓘ
Humor Monastery ⓘ
Moldovița Monastery ⓘ
Patrauti Church ⓘ
Probota Monastery ⓘ
St Nicholas Church in Probota Monastery ⓘ
Sucevița Monastery ⓘ
Voroneț Monastery ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1993 ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine-style wall paintings ⓘ
exterior frescoes ⓘ
well-preserved medieval murals ⓘ
locatedIn Bukovina ⓘ
Neamț County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Suceava County NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Moldavia ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
notableWork Last Judgment fresco on west façade ⓘ
surface form: Last Judgement fresco at Voroneț
paintingTechnique al fresco ⓘ
partOf Principality of Moldavia ⓘ
surface form: medieval Principality of Moldavia
period 16th century ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ
region Western Moldavia ⓘ
surface form: historical region of Moldavia
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
theme biblical scenes ⓘ
lives of saints ⓘ
religious processions ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 598 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Bukovina → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
Voroneț Monastery → partOf → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
Sucevița Monastery → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia
Sucevița Monastery → partOf → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Painted churches of northern Romania
Southern Bukovina → UNESCOSite → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
Suceava County → heritage → Churches of Moldavia ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage painted churches of northern Moldavia