12. Sucevita Monastery
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| Sucevița Monastery |
Again travelling to Romania but this time with a postcard. One of the famous monasteries of Moldavia: the Sucevița Monastery (Suceava, Romania). It was built in 1585 by Movilă brothers in Gothic style with all its walls covered by fresco paintings inspired by Byzantine art. It was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010. Still in use, the Orthodox nuns have a pleasant life of work and prayer there.
Recently Fabienne showed us her collection of churches of Moldavia. Now I know I have 7 missing postcards to complete my own collection.
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| Fortified church of Biertan |
The stamp also shows another UNESCO WHS! This is the fortified church of Biertan (Transylvania, Romania), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.
I love how the whole postcard is WHS and church themed. ♥ The sender is the 2nd on most postcards sent range of her country so I guess she knows well how this postcrossing swap works. ♪
Postcard from: Rădăuţi, Suceava County, Romania.
Received: February 2012.
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: one 2.10 L fortified church of Biertan (Transylvania, Romania).
Thank you very much, Anca!
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The Moldavia region with all these painted churches look like a wonderful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! I would like to visit it someday too.
DeleteWhat a striking photo! I would love to visit these places--I guess a postcard is the next best thing! :) Danielle @ Via Airmail.
DeleteThat is exactly my opinion! As I can't travel receiving postcards from abroad is the best way to know other cultures.
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