Sucevita Monastery, Romania
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Three Movila brothers built the Church of the Resurrection of Sucevita around 1583. The church is the only painted church that was not founded by a ruling prince, although the Movilas were descendants of Petru Rares on their mother's side. The church was painted around 1595, nearly half a century after its "sister" churches. It is considered the last flowering of the custom of painting the church façades that mark the reigns of Stephen the Great and Petru Rares. Building and painting a church that closely resembled the edifices their ancestors raised decades before, was a way for the Movilas to claim to be part of the royal line of Stephen the Great. (http://www.romanianmonasteries.org)
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