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# The 1488 Church of Saint George at Voroneț Monastery and Voroneț blue
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/samaia-krasivaia-iz-tserkvei-rumynii-zhemchuzhina-moldavskoi-arkhitektury-tserkov-sviatogo-georgiia-postroennaia-v-1488-godu-i-raspisannaia-kak-vnutri-tak-i-snaruzhi/
- Published: 2024-02-14T05:31:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:51:32.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Architecture, Faith, Art, Heritage

The most beautiful of Romania's churches, a pearl of Moldavian architecture, the Church of Saint George, built in 1488 and painted both inside and out. It stands in the Voroneț convent for women. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The chief distinguishing feature of the frescoes is held to be the predominance of a special blue, the Voroneț blue; the other colours are white, yellow, ochre, rust, violet and five shades of green.

*Photographs by the Canadian photographer Bronwyn Cragg*

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