Humor Monastery

Local nameManastirea Humor
LocationMănăstirea Humorului, Romania

Humor Monastery located in Mănăstirea Humorului, about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului, Romania. It is a monastery for nuns dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, or Theotokos. It was constructed in 1530 by Voievod Petru Rareş and his chancellor Teodor Bubuiog. The monastery was built over the foundation of a previous monastery that dated from around 1415. The Humor monastery was closed in 1786 and was not reopened until 1990.

The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor_Monastery

Address (Unnamed Road), Mănăstirea Humorului 727355, Romania

Coordinates 47°35'37.184" N 25°51'15.354" E

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