putna monastery - suceava county - romania wall decorations the putna monastery (romanian: m?n'stirea putna) is a romanian orthodox monastery, one of the most important cultural, religious and artistic centers established in medieval moldavia; as with many others, it was built and dedicated by prince stephen the great. putna was founded on the lands perambulated by the putna (which has its source in the obcina mare mountains, bukovina). stephen the great is famous for building and influencing the building of dozens of churches and monasteries all over moldavia (allegedly, he founded a religious edifice after each important military victory). the putna monastery houses the tombs of stephen ?nowadays, a place of pilgrimage ?, and several of his family members. the icon veils and tombstones are held as fine examples of moldavian art in stephen the great's time. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/putna_monastery" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/putna_monastery</a> interesting to read: an important school of copiers and miniaturists functioned within the monastery. there were copied and decorated religious texts, and during the 10th and the 16th centuries an elementary school and a medium school functioned here, where the chronicle writers and the clergy of moldavia were formed. the moldavian embroidery is one of the most original creations of romanian mediaeval art. the icon waves and the tomb covers are evidence of the creative spirit of the moldavian artists of stephen the great's time. the putna monastery can be proud of the rich collection of priests clothes, most of them forming a true gallery of portraits. among the most original pieces, there are the priests clothes with prophets given to the monastery by stephen the great. it dates from 1490, and presents the twelve prophets. the tombstone of maria of mangop, the descendant of the paleologs, is of undoubted value, too. <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/naturezoterik/monastery/putna-monastery" rel="nofollow">sites.google.com/site/naturezoterik/monastery/putna-monas...</a>
