Romania 2007

Photos by Adam Jones

The following photos were taken on a monthlong trip through Romania in June 2007.

Photo Gallery 27 - Gura Humorului & Voronet Monastery

The tongue-twister town of Gura Humorului serves as a staging point
for visits to two of the best-known painted monasteries of Southern Bucovina:
Voronet (shown here) and Humor.

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This photo and following: in and around Gura Humorului

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Photo by Griselda Ramírez

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Photo by Griselda Ramírez

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Voronet Monastery

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The sixteenth-century monastery is most famous for its "Last Judgment" fresco
on the western wall (shown here), "perhaps the most marvellous Bucovine fresco" (Lonely Planet).

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Detail of the "Last Judgment" fresco

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