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Armenian monastery of Suceava

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was designed to be the center of the complex. The church was renovated or rebuilt in 1606, when a number of other structures were added, among them the
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R. Brykowski, T. Chrzanowski, M. Kornecki, Sztuka Rumunii, Ossolineum 1979, s. 89, 92–93.
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for all of their operations in Moldavia related to Poland's participation in the
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The monastery was completed in the early 15th century, during the reign of
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Ancient, medieval, and historical Armenian churches and monasteries
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M. Jurecki, Bukowina. Kraina łagodności, Bezdroża 2001, s. 192–193.
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Index

Zamca

Bell tower

Chapel
Saint Gregory the Illuminator
monastery
Armenian Apostolic Church
Suceava
Romania
Bukovina
Moldavian
Hospodar
Alexandru I Mușat
Saint Auxentius
Church
belltower
Gregory the Illuminator
murals
James Louis Sobieski
Polish Army
War of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire
bastion fortifications
Historic sites of Romanian Bucovina (in Polish).
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