Romania - Neamt Monastery

"Important medieval monastic settlement, one of the oldest in Moldova (late fourteenth century), whose main church, the term of the Ascension (1497), the copy is the most representative Moldavian style of the time of Stephen the Great (1457-1504) in religious architecture, Remarc by the horizontal and spatial solutions that have been found. Triconch plan as a sanctuary, shrine, burial chamber, narthex and exonarthex, a system of vaults typically moldave.A the outside, the harmony of shapes and decorations and is supported by the marquee roof fragmentree accordance to the interior structure systheme the vaults. The monastery includes a whole an enclosure with a bell tower and a small monastic town. From the beginning he was a center of culture the most important of Moldova, by scriptoria, printing, school." Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List

Beautiful postcard of the Orthodox Church of Neamt Monastery in the Moldova Region, Romania. Nice stamp used. Thanks to Daniela of Romania.