In the Northern Moldavia region, also called "Bucovina", there are several 5-century old monasteries of an exceptional beauty.

The amazing sense of proportions, the art of the paintings covering both inside and outside their walls as well as the uniqueness of the colors used by the medieval artists make these monasteries be a treasure of the whole world. "Such paintings exist in no other country and can only be found in one Romanian province, Northern Moldavia, known as Bucovina" is said in the opening of the volume issued by UNESCO about the art values of the humanity.

"Putna", "Sucevita", "Moldovita", "Humor", "Dragomirna", "Neamt", "Agapia", "Varatec", and, especially, "Voronet" (which exterior paintings use extensively an irreproducible color called "blue of Voronet") are not only monasteries but also jewels of the feudal architecture fortunately preserved until our times. The geniality of these masterpieces would not be complete without the natural environment (constituted of mountains and hills) of a rare beauty they are situated in.

Find below what a tourist can see and do in the unique region of Northern Moldavia's monasteries.