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joi, 22 noiembrie 2012

  

                                Voroneț Monastery




Voroneț is a monastery in Romania, located
 in the town of Gura Humorului, Moldavia.
File:Voronet church.jpgIt is one of the famous painted monasteries from
southern Bukovina, in Suceava County.
Between May and September 1488, Stephen III of Moldavia
(known as "Stephen the Great",
 in Romanian Ștefan cel Mare) built
 the Voroneț Monastery
 (in Romanian Mănăstirea Voroneț) to
commemorate the victory at Battle of Vaslui.
Often known as the "Sistine Chapel of the East",
the frescoes at Voroneț feature an intense shade
 of blue known in Romania as "Voroneț blue".
"The exterior walls — including a representation of
 the Last Judgment on the
 west wall — were painted in 1547 with a
 background of vivid cerulean blue.
This blue is so vibrant that art historians refer
to Voroneț blue the same way they do Titian red."