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| Cetățuia Monastery | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Strada Cetățuia, nr. 1,Iași |
| Country | Romania |
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| Coordinates | 47°07′53″N27°35′02″E / 47.1314776°N 27.5839647°E /47.1314776; 27.5839647 |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Moldavian |
| Groundbreaking | 1669 |
| Completed | 1672 |
| Materials | stone, brick |
TheCetățuia Monastery (Romanian:Mănăstirea Cetățuia) is aRomanian Orthodoxmonastery located at 1 Cetățuia Street inIași, Romania. The monastery is listed in theNational Register of Historic Monuments.[1]
Located on the top ofCetățuia Hill of the oldMoldavian capital, the monastery was built byPrinceGheorghe Duca in the 17th century.[2]
The monastery is surrounded by fortifications with towers on the corners. In the past, it provided refuge during enemy siege or full-scale invasions. The name itself,Cetățuia, means citadel or fortress inRomanian.
The uniqueness of Cetățuia Monastery consists in the fact that the entire ensemble of monastic architecture has been preserved.[3]
A special place is the palace destined to the lodging of the prince, a fortified building characteristic to the 17th century and the kitchen or, according to other opinions, theTurkish bath, which is the only construction of this kind that has been preserved within a monastic ensemble.
In addition there is also a gothic hall, a museum of medieval art, a tower called "Pilgrim’s Dinner", from where one can admire the panorama of Iași and its famous wine cellars with wine obtained from its own vineyard.[4]
