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The Ardenice monastery

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About half an hour outside Fier, Albania’s oil capital, is Ardenice, an Orthodox monastery that in the first year of our stay in Albania served as a hotel. A beautiful place, and comfortable hotel, for as long as it lasted: at one point the building was returned to the church, as it should be.
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Sucevita Monastery

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The Sucevita Monastery, the fourth and biggest of the big four in Bucovina, is slightly younger, and has somewhat more varied frescos, many beautifully executed
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Moldovita Monastery

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The Moldovita Monastery is the third of the big four, and contains my favourite, the Siege of Constantinople fresco
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Voronet Monastery

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Voronet Monastery, painted in Voronet-blue, contains one of the most famous external frescoes of all Bucovina Monasteries, and there is a look inside, too
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Humor Monastery

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the church of the Humor Monastery in Bucovina, with its fabulous outside frescoes
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33. the painted monasteries of Bucovina

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The brilliantly painted monasteries of Bucovina, in Northern Romania, have been remarkably well preserved, despite a long history.
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07. the Bulgarian Monasteries

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One of the most respected institutions in Bulgaria are its Orthodox Christian monasteries, and some of the nicest are south of Sofia and Plovdiv
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Lake Tana monasteries

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On the islands and the shores of Lake Tana are several age-old monasteries, simple structures beautifully decorated with frescoes.
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