Moldova is a Romanian province. There is an independent state with the name Republic of Moldova which has the Romanian official language and is along the Prut river border of Romania. Once they were the medieval Moldova. In this page we describe Romanian Moldova.
Travel to Moldova to see remarkable medieval monasteries and fortresses, wine caves and spa resorts. The monasteries dating from 15th Century with outside painted frescos were included in UNESCO patrimony. The painted monasteries have a prevail color which characterize each of them: famous blue of Voronet, bright green for Arbore, red for Humor, brick red for Moldovita and green for Sucevita.

Sucevita Monastery in Bucovina dating from 1585, the latest Moldovian painted monastery, is among UNESCO declared world monuments.	Famous Painted Moldovian Monasteries are a permanent attraction for tourists. Neamt Monastery Library

Iasi is the most important city in Moldova, once the Moldova's capital - The Palace

Varatec Monastery

Voronet Monastery built in 1488 by the Prince Stephen the Great. It is considered by many to be the "Sistine Chapel of the East", due to the magnificient frescoes representing "Last Judgement". Voronet is unique in the world for the blue nuance of the exterior paintings named "Voronet Blue", added by specialists alongside colours such as the "Titan Ted" of Rubens and "VeroneseGreen".	Moldovita Monastery Patio. Moldovita is dating from 1532. Exterior mural paintings compositions like: "Holy Virgin's Prayer" or "Jesse's Tree" have sunny yellow dominant note of colour which give a smart splendour. The fresco "The Siege of Constantinopole" represents a mirror of the historical events concerning the conquest of the capital of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 by the Ottoman army.

The Moldovian Monasteries are visited each year by many worldwide tourists. The beauty and the originality of these edifices are the reasons why they are registred in the list of UNESCO patrimony