Comuna Sucevița: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Culture and History
Sucevița Monastery combines impressive defensive architecture with an exceptionally rich tradition of imagery and art. The interior and exterior walls of the Sucevița monastery church are completely covered with 16th-century murals. The monastery features high walls with battlements, heavy oak gates and defensive towers at the corners.
The north wall of the monastery church features the “Ladder of the Virtues”, a large-scale iconographic composition. The 33rd step of the “Ladder of the Virtues” in Sucevița is attributed to Christ.
The Sucevița Monastery Museum houses the burial shrouds of the rulers Ieremia, dating from 1606, and Simion Movilă, dating from 1609. The museum also contains an epitaph decorated with 10,000 pearls, dating from 1597. It has one of the richest and most valuable collections of medieval art in Moldavia.
The cemetery church of Sucevița was rebuilt in 1772 together with its stone bell tower.
A memorial monument stands beside the road at the entrance to the commune from the direction of Rădăuți. It was erected in 1883 following a visit by Archduke Rudolf of Austria.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Comuna Sucevița can include this in their travel plans.
Nature and Geographical Setting
The Pădurea Voievodeasa Forest Reserve is an old mixed forest covering 102 hectares. The Sucevița stream crosses the commune from west to east.
The DN17A national road crosses Sucevița and connects Rădăuți with Câmpulung Moldovenesc. The Bucovina section of the Via Transilvanica runs through the Sucevița Depression.
Traditions
The ethnographic museum of the “Dimitrie Vatamaniuc” school in Sucevița displays objects illustrating the way of life of the ancestors of the local community. Traditional clothing in Sucevița includes embroidered shirts, ițari trousers, belts or waistbands decorated with beads, fur-trimmed waistcoats and, for women, catrințe skirts.
New Year customs in Sucevița include masked performances featuring goats, bears, horses and Turks, as well as folk theatre during the winter holidays. Zilele Suceviței is celebrated every year in June. The Winter Holidays Festival is associated with 27 December.
Paths and Routes
Sucevița has a network of five or six Nordic walking routes of varying difficulty, with clear, modern signage indicating the direction and the distance remaining.
Route 05MB40 follows the tourist trail marked with a blue cross and begins in front of Sucevița Monastery.
Further local navigation: Suceviţa.
To the higher-level travel overview: Suceava.
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