Knowledge (XXG)

Neamț Monastery

Source 📝

244: 226: 199: 35: 253: 208: 235: 46: 27: 217: 190: 262: 173:
Veniamin Costachi established a printing house here. In the monastery museum is the old printing press, which was used to print books since 1807. The monastery's library is said to be more than 600 years old. Among the almost 11,000 volumes are many rare books, some being the first ones printed in
145:
The art treasures kept at Neamț Monastery are proof of the intense artistic and cultural activity which took place here through the centuries. Here Gavril Uric showed his talent, the most important representative of the Moldavian miniature from the 15th century. His first known manuscript, dated
117:
Sumptuous, with delicate colour effects, the monastery shows the maturity of the Moldavian architectonic style, which matured during Ștefan cel Mare's period. The façade of the church is covered with decorations characteristic of that time:
353: 338: 343: 358: 174:
this country. The altar screen of the former church from Neamț Fortress, is the most important treasure of all those in the monastery, along with the icon painted by
348: 294: 333: 169:
The learned tradition of the Neamț Monastery disappeared in the 17th and 18th centuries, to be reborn at the beginning of next century, when
363: 276: 154:. The calligraphers and miniaturists of Ștefan cel Mare who worked at this important center made many of the books given to 163: 66: 134: 78: 20: 243: 126: 105:. It is accessible by car (DN 15B road) and train (Târgu Neamț railway station); the nearest airport is 151: 39: 225: 198: 170: 119: 175: 34: 252: 207: 234: 130: 102: 58: 45: 26: 77:
architecture. A jewel of 15th-century architecture, the church was built during the reign of
147: 125:
In the chamber of the tombs, which appear for the first time at this church, is the tomb of
368: 155: 106: 98: 81:(1457–1504) and finished in the year when the Moldavian army won the battle against King 159: 19:"Mânăstirea Neamț" redirects here. For the village where the monastery is located, see 327: 82: 284: 216: 158:. In the cells of the monastery, the chronicler Macarie wrote the chronicle of 122:
windows and friezes with enameled disks, coloured in green, yellow and brown.
309: 296: 189: 69:
religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in
74: 70: 86: 73:. It was built in the 15th century, and it is an example of medieval 261: 97:
The monastery is located in the north-eastern part of Romania, in
354:
Christian monasteries established in the 15th century
339:Religious organizations established in the 1490s 38:The Neamț Monastery, 19th-century painting by 344:Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Neamț County 8: 359:Churches established by Stephen the Great 109:, located about 60 km to the north. 44: 33: 25: 185: 162:'s rule, and Eftimie the chronicle of 16:Romanian Orthodox monastery settlement 7: 349:Historic monuments in Neamț County 14: 260: 251: 242: 233: 224: 215: 206: 197: 188: 283:. March 6, 2001. Archived from 1: 334:1497 establishments in Europe 178:, "The Flight from Egypt". 385: 49:Detail of the tower church 18: 310:47.2636943°N 26.2092067°E 364:15th century in Romania 79:Stephen III of Moldavia 30:The 14th-century church 315:47.2636943; 26.2092067 62: 50: 42: 31: 146:1429, is kept in the 101:, 10 km west of 48: 37: 29: 164:Alexandru Lăpușneanu 152:University of Oxford 306: /  141:Manuscripts and art 176:Nicolae Grigorescu 51: 43: 32: 277:"Neamț Monastery" 131:Alexandru cel Bun 67:Romanian Orthodox 376: 321: 320: 318: 317: 316: 311: 307: 304: 303: 302: 299: 288: 264: 255: 246: 237: 228: 219: 210: 201: 192: 148:Bodleian Library 127:Ștefan al II-lea 63:Mănăstirea Neamț 384: 383: 379: 378: 377: 375: 374: 373: 324: 323: 314: 312: 308: 305: 300: 297: 295: 293: 292: 287:on May 1, 2006. 275: 272: 265: 256: 247: 238: 229: 220: 211: 202: 193: 184: 156:Putna Monastery 143: 135:Ștefan cel Mare 115: 95: 55:Neamț Monastery 40:Gheorghe Șiller 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 382: 380: 372: 371: 366: 361: 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 326: 325: 290: 289: 271: 270:External links 268: 267: 266: 259: 257: 250: 248: 241: 239: 232: 230: 223: 221: 214: 212: 205: 203: 196: 194: 187: 183: 180: 142: 139: 114: 111: 94: 91: 21:Vânători-Neamț 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 381: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 331: 329: 322: 319: 286: 282: 278: 274: 273: 269: 263: 258: 254: 249: 245: 240: 236: 231: 227: 222: 218: 213: 209: 204: 200: 195: 191: 186: 181: 179: 177: 172: 167: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 140: 138: 136: 133:and uncle of 132: 128: 123: 121: 112: 110: 108: 104: 100: 92: 90: 88: 84: 83:John I Albert 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 47: 41: 36: 28: 22: 291: 285:the original 280: 171:Metropolitan 168: 144: 124: 116: 113:Architecture 99:Neamț County 96: 54: 52: 313: / 160:Petru Rareș 103:Târgu Neamț 328:Categories 301:26°12′33″E 298:47°15′49″N 166:'s rule. 129:, son of 75:Moldavian 93:Location 89:(1497). 59:Romanian 182:Gallery 150:at the 107:Suceava 71:Romania 65:) is a 369:Lavras 281:ICI.ro 120:Gothic 87:Poland 53:The 85:of 330:: 279:. 137:. 61:: 57:( 23:.

Index

Vânători-Neamț


Gheorghe Șiller

Romanian
Romanian Orthodox
Romania
Moldavian
Stephen III of Moldavia
John I Albert
Poland
Neamț County
Târgu Neamț
Suceava
Gothic
Ștefan al II-lea
Alexandru cel Bun
Ștefan cel Mare
Bodleian Library
University of Oxford
Putna Monastery
Petru Rareș
Alexandru Lăpușneanu
Metropolitan
Nicolae Grigorescu



Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.