Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
A 2011 restoration of frescoes in the church's entryway has revealed the incredible
quality of these paintings even more clearly. Today Voroneţ is home to a small community
of nuns.
The wondrous size, scope and detail of the
Last Judgment
fresco, which fills the entire
exterior western wall of the Voroneţ Monastery, has earned near-universal accolades as
being the most marvellous Bucovina fresco. Angels at the top roll up the zodiac signs, in-
dicating the end of time, while humanity is brought to judgment in the middle. On the left,
St Paul escorts the believers, while a stern Moses takes the nonbelievers on the right. The
Heaven and Garden of Eden is on thebottom left, the Resurrection is on the bottom right.
On the northern wall is
Genesis
, from Adam and Eve to Cain and Abel. The southern
wall features the Tree of Jesse with the biblical genealogy. The first three rowsportray St
Nicholas' life and miracles. The next two rows recount the martyrdom of Suceava's St
John the New. The bottom row, from left to right, features the monastery's patron saint, St
George, fighting the dragon, St Daniel the Hermit with Metropolitan Grigorie, a Deisis
icon, and the 1402 procession of St John the New's relics into Suceava.
In the narthex lies the tomb of Daniel the Hermit, the ascetic who encouraged Ştefan
cel Mare to fight the Turks, and then became the monastery's first abbot.
The monastery is a 4km walk from the turn-off or 6km from Gura Humorului.
Sleeping & Eating
The following places are in Gura Humorului, which is a good base for both Humor and
Voroneţ Monasteries.
GUESTHOUSE
Hilde's Residence $$
( 0744-386 698;
www.lucy.ro
;
Str Şipotului 2, Gura Humorului; s/d/ste from 180/200/
290 lei, breakfast 24 lei; )
Among the village's more atmospheric and pricier
guesthouses, the long-established Hilde's has nine uniquely designed rooms; it's just off
the main road in Gura Humorului. The on-site Romanian restaurant is good too.
La Roata $$
( 0230-230 400;
www.la-roata.ro
; Str Wurzburg 21F, Gura Humorului; d/apt from
170/290 lei; )
This new detached-guesthouses complex is 500m west of the town
centre. It offers spacious rooms, a restaurant and kid-friendly attractions like a playground
and table tennis.
GUESTHOUSE
