In the north-east side of
Romania, on the Suceava plateau, the Church of Sucevica Monastery has
been for more than four centuries a testimony of Christian beliefs,
aesthetic sense and love for beauty. Founded by the powerful Movil
family, the Sucevica ensemble had been conceived as a place of prayer
and a royal court, gathering in the same location buildings with
different functions: the church, the royal house, watching towers,
cells and household annexes, the steeple, high and massive walls for
protection with crenels and abutments.
