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LARY HOSTEL is the perfect place for discovering UNESCO painted monasteries that are over 500 years old: Voroneţ, Humor, Arbore, Putna, Moldovita, Sucevita, Dragomirna, etc. Monasteries from Bucovina-Voronet, Humor, Moldovita, Sucevita and Arbore-the outdoor walls of these monasteries are painted in intense natural colors, the paintings seem the pages of an open book. The art historians compare their artistic value with the mural paintings of San Marco church of Venice or the church of Orvietto. The visitors admire the human character, the power of expression and the nobility of the represented figures; they are impressed by the original freshness of the colors that have conserved their qualities for almost half a millennium. The secret of the Moldavian painters who prepared the colors and the techniques that made the paintings incredibly resistant are still a mystery. Different kinds of people: tourists, architects, art critics and photographers around the world come in pilgrimage to these masterpieces, whose artistic value is unique in the world.

You also can vizit :

• Cell of Daniil the Hermit, close adviser of Stephan the Great; curious hollowed-out rock with a door and a window.Our venerable and God-bearing Father Daniel the Hermit of Voroneţ, Sf. Daniil Sihastru de la Voroneţ in Romanian, was a 15th century monk and the spiritual father of Stephen the Great, the Voievod of Moldova. Under his guidance, Stephen the Great defended Moldova from Ottoman invasion and dedicated himself and his rule to God.
• Marginea known for black ceramics, manufactured after a 2000 years old technique;
  Vama, Arbore, Fundu Moldovei, Dorna are interesting for the traditional clothes people are still wearing and also for the traditional objects people are manufacturing and selling.
• Wood Museum and Hunting Museum from Câmpulung Moldovenesc; set up in 1936, has more than 15,000 artistically made wooden exhibits, the museum offers an image of the former professions of the inhabitants of this region;
• Museum for folk traditions in Bukovina which periodically organizes exhibitions, Etnographic  etnografic from Solca; History Museum in Suceava (there are wax statues of Stephan the Great and his close military advisers); displays medieval armor, coins, tools and ancient weapon.
• Suceava Fortress – built around 1370 by Petru Muşat;is the most important monument of Suceava City. The central part , “The Musatin Fort” , 40X36m , built during the reign of Pertru Musat I , who had renounced using Scheia Fortress. During the reign of Alexandru cel Bun, it recieves supplementary fortifications, but it will gain its legendary invincibility during the reign of Stefan cel Mare . He built in two parts the exterior walls , reorganized the defensive ditch and the entrance to the fortress. Well defended, it was capable of sucessfully resisting the great Otoman siege in 1476, when Mohammed II himself, conqueror of Constantinople, had to submit defeat.
• Pietrele Doamnei Rezervation, Rarău Mountain - „gotic towers” in a wild landscape with the unique reservation of limestones.
• Secular Forests of Slătioara – absolutely wild forest of an unparalleled beauty; One of the oldest forests of Romania and even Europe, with some trees of 350-400 years old.
• Poiana Stampei Natural Rezervation – accomodates a carnivore flower, unique in the world -  „Roua cerului”; Secular Herbs of Bosanci – some very nice exotic flowers grow here, originarry from Asia;  Geologic rezervation „12 apostols”, Călimani Mountain; ”Mocăniţa” – an old picturesque train from Moldoviţa region.

   

Suceava - Lary Hostel
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Suceava,Romania
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