The Moldovita Monastery "The Feast Of The Annunciation" Church
The land slides destroyed the oldest monastery in Moldovita. The present monastery has its precinct strengthen by high walls and towers. It dates to 1532 when the ruler Petru Rares ordered it. It is an old art monument wich impresses due to both its steeple on top of the naos, supported by ranged arches ant its wall painting.
It dates to 1537 and covers both interior and the exterior. “Jesse’s Tree” and “The Defence of Constantinopole” are very well preserved there.
In 1612 Bishop Efrem remade the fortified precinct, built a worshipping room (which shelters today a valuable old Moldavian art collection) and the tower near the gate.