Vatra Dornei

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Vatra Dornei is a well known ski resort in the north of Romania. Besides skiing you can visit the famous orthodox monasteries nearby:

• Humor - one of the renowned church with exterior frescoes, built in 1530.
• Voroneţ - is the most valuable painted church of Bucovina. It is called "Sistine Chapel of the East" and it has an unusual freshness due to the famous "Blue of Voronet" .
• Moldovita - one of the gems of the old moldavian art, built in 1532, remarkable for its valuable exterior frescoes.
• Suceviţa - it was built between 1582-1584 and is also covered with frescoes
• Putna - is a legendary monastery, built by Stephan the Great, between 1466-1469. The tomb of the sanctified ruler is in this monastery. One may also see here an important museum of medieval art.

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