Humor Monastery

Humor Monastery is one of the most popular edifices of the Moldavian Middle Ages. In the endless forests from Bucovina, a stone church was built on a small hill near Gura Humorului, during the reign of Alexander the Good.

Today, the ruins of the old church can still be visited nearby the new Monastery of Humor, built in 1530 by the great nobleman Toader Bubuiog. The Monastery of Humor is special because of its great artistic values, and due to the peacefulness it offers the visitors. Although rank was of great importance during the Middle Ages, this church being thus built with traditional roof shingles, and not with towers, Humor Monastery is a place where arts, tradition and the profound belief in God intertwine.

Accessibility: On the county road of Gura Humorului, direction North - 5 km away from Gura Humorului.


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