An important part of Romania you should visit is Moldavia. The region is famous for the beautiful monasteries you find at every turn. No less than 180 monasteries may be found in Moldavia.

We mention the most important ones: Voronet Monastery, Moldovita Monastery, Humor Monastery, Sucevita Monastery, Arbore Monastery, and Putna Monastery.

Voronet Monastery is also called the‚ Sixtin Chapel of the Orient’ and it was built by Stephen the Great in 1488.  It is recognized for the shining colors used in the Judgment Day drama, the only composition of its kind, without interruption or truncation.
It is located in the village with the same name, 36 km from Suceava and only 4 km from the center of Gura Humorului town.

Moldovita Monastery is famous for its monumental scene of Constantinople's siege on the walls of the church, made in strong shades of red, blue, yellow and brown. It was built in 1532 by Petru Rares. It is located at 15 km from Vama village, between Moldovita and Ciumarna springs.

In the pictorial assembly of the Humor Monastery  is an illustration of the poem ‚Constantinople's fall’, which shows the Romanians feelings towards the Turkish. It is located at 5-6 km from Gura Humorului town, Suceava county and it was built by the great palatinus Oana at the beginning of the 15th century.

Sucevita Monastery has the largest number of paintings, although the western wall is white. The legend says that the painter fell off the scaffold and died, thus  the wall remained unpainted.  The most famous painting of the monastery is “Isaiah's Tree” on the Southern wall.  The monastery  is located in the village with the same name, on the valley of Sucevita spring, at a distance of 18 km South-West from Radauti town.  It was built in the last decades of the 16th century.

Arbore Monastery doesn't have a high vault, a characteristic found in most of the monasteries. It is known for the scene “Genesis” on the Western wall. The monastery is decorated mostly in shades of green. It was built in 1503 by Luca Arbore, governor of Suceava and counselor of waivode Stephen the Great.

Putna Monastery is located at 72 km from the Suceava Fortress by Stephen the Great in 1466.  It is known for the rope moulding motif around the church, which symbolizes the Holy Trinity, a motif found also in the interior decorations.