2. Churches and fortresses By Gabriel Creţu, Vasilica Pătrăucean, Ioana Ştefan, Constantin Stiharu Ion Creangă School, Romania

4. Sântămăria Orlea Strei

6. T his is the entrance of the same church

7. These are the earliest churches which can be seen today in Romania and were built around 13 th century in Ha ț eg, a region in the south-west . Ostrov

8. Saint Michael from Cisnădioara – 12 th century

9. The Black Church from Braşov

10. The church was built at Volovăţ and Stephen the Great has moved it to Putna

12. The Moldavian vault

13. It was built between 1466-1470 Stephen the Great was buried here The church and the tower of Putna

14. Saint Elijah’s Church from Suceava - 1488

15. Saint George’s Church from Hârlău - county of Iaşi – 1492

16. Saint Nicolas’ Church from Popăuţi – Botoşani county – 1496

17. Saint John the Baptizer Church from Piatra Neamţ - 1498

19. The northern wall with “ The last Judgment ” Stephen the Great with Voronet church before the Christ

21. Humor church

22. Moldoviţa church Outside paiting

23. Probota church

25. The first Moldavian churches did n ’t have towers, others, which were built later, have one tower, and, since the beginning of the 17 th century, they are built with two towers. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 4 5 The rooms of a church are: 1. p ridvor /threshold; 2. p ronaos; 3. death chamber ; 4. Naos / nave ; 5. Alta r.

26. Saint Nicolas church from Argeș – beginning of the 14 th century , founded by Basarab I

29. Fortress Suceva was smoller at the beginning but it was enlarged in time The ruler Petru I (1375-1391), moved the capital of Moldavia to Suceava and built the first fortress here, named The Sunset Fortress (Cetatea de Apus) and later The Residence Fortress (Cetatea de Scaun). The vestige of the fortress today

31. Orhei fortress - vestige

32. There are in Ucraina today White fortress – conquered by Turks at the end of 15 th

33. Inside court