Voronet Monastery Gura Humorului

Just as we left Iasi everything felt better. The sun shined again, scaring away to dark clouds that overshadowed the last day. We were excited before visiting Bucovina, already having chance before to see pictures of the paintings on the monasteries in the area. Before that, we drove to Cotnari - vineyards that remember 15th century and are one of …

... lapis lazuli is called Veronet blue and it is a striking blue. The tomb of Daniel the Hermit, the first abbot of Voronet Monastery, is in the narthex. In 1785, occupying Austrians forced Voronet's monks to abandon the monastery. Since 1991, the ...