Fresco of Jesse's Tree, Old and New Testament figures, Moldovita Monastery Church, 1537, Moldavia, Romania

Fresco, detail of The Last Judgement, 1547, Voronet Monastery Church, Moldavia, Romania

Religious mural inside Greek Orthodox church of Saint Mary (Panagia Monastery), Dhermi, Albania, Europe

Detail of the Last Judgement, painted between 1547 and 1550, west wall of Voronet Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North West Moldavia (South Bucovina), Romania, Europe

Moldovita Monastery from the southeast, exterior walls painted by Toma of Suceava in 1537, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North West Moldavia (South Bucovina), Romania, Europe

The tiny 18th-century Stavropoleos Church is one of the most beautiful religious monuments in the capital of Romania. Tucked away between taller buildings in Bucharest´s Old Town, the monument was originally part of Stavropoleos Monastery

Painted monastery of Sucevita, Moldavia, Southern Bucovina, Romania, Europe

The tiny 18th-century Stavropoleos Church is one of the most beautiful religious monuments in the capital of Romania. Tucked away between taller buildings in Bucharest´s Old Town, the monument was originally part of Stavropoleos Monastery

The tiny 18th-century Stavropoleos Church is one of the most beautiful religious monuments in the capital of Romania. Tucked away between taller buildings in Bucharest´s Old Town, the monument was originally part of Stavropoleos Monastery

Painted monastery of Sucevita, Moldavia, Southern Bucovina, Romania, Europe

Typical Moldavian gateway, Horaita Monastery, Moldavia, Romania

Sucevita Monastery from the southeast, with wall paintings dating from around 1590, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North West Moldavia (South Bucovina), Romania, Europe

West end, with Last Judgement painting dating from 1547 to 1550, Voronet Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North West Moldavia (South Bucovina), Romania, Europe

Fresco on outside wall, Sucevita Monastery, Sucevita, Southern Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Part of Last Judgement fresco on wall, Voronet Monastery, near Gura Humorului, Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Exterior fresco, Church Of The Annunciation, Moldovita Monastery, Moldovita, Southern Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

The Sucevita Monastery, Manastirea Sucevita, is located in Suceava County, in the territory of Sucevita Municipality. The Romanian Orthodox church inside the monastery walls, dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since August 2010, Romania, Europe

Fresco painting Ladder to Heaven, The Sucevita Monastery, Manastirea Sucevita, is located in Suceava County in the territory of Sucevita Municipality. The Romanian Orthodox church inside the monastery walls, dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since August 2010, Romania, Europe

Wall frescoes, monastery church Saint George, 1547, Unesco World Heritage Site, Voronet, Romania, Europe

Frescoes on the exterior wall, Humorului, Romania, Unesco World Heritage Site Monastery Church of Adormirea Maicii Domnului at Humor Monastery, a Romanian Orthodox womans monastery and located about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului in Romania, Europe

Vatra Moldovitei, Moldovita Monastery, Manastirea Moldovita, a Romanian Orthodox womans monastery, frescoes on the church inside the monastery walls dedicated to the Annunciation, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993, Moldovan Monasteries, Romania, Europe

The Sucevita Monastery, Manastirea Sucevita, is located in Suceava County, in the territory of Sucevita Municipality. The Romanian Orthodox church inside the monastery walls, dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since August 2010, Romania, Europe

Fresco painting Ladder to Heaven, The Sucevita Monastery, Manastirea Sucevita, is located in Suceava County in the territory of Sucevita Municipality. The Romanian Orthodox church inside the monastery walls, dedicated to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since August 2010, Romania, Europe

Wall painting in the Govora Monastery. Part of the construction of the monastery dates back to the time of Vlad Draculs principality (13th-14th c.), Transylvania, Romania, Europe

Monastery Podromu, Athos, Greece

Monastery, church door, Romanian Orthodox, with Manolea, Romania, Europe

Monastery, church, Romanian Orthodox, with Manolea, Romania, Europe

Wall frescoes, monastery church Saint George, 1547, Unesco World Heritage Site, Voronet, Romania, Europe

Monastery Church of St. George with wall frescoes, 1547, Unesco World Heritage Site, Voronet, Romania, Europe

Iron Gate, Portile de Fier, gorge of river danube through the southern carpathian Mountains, a national park on the serbian and romanian side of the river,The Monastery Mraconia in the Cazanele MiciEurope, Eastern Europe, Romania

Episcopal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges is one of the most important examples of religious architecture in Romania and burial place for many Romanian kings, Europe, Eastern Europe, Romania, Curtea de Arges

Episcopal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges is one of the most important examples of religious architecture in Romania and burial place for many Romanian kings, Europe, Eastern Europe, Romania, Curtea de Arges

External Fresco, Sucevita Monastery, 1585; Sucevita, Suceava County, Romania

Fresco of Mitropoli, Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Exterior frescoes, portion of 'Last Judgement', Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Exterior frescoes, 'Last Judgement', Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Exterior frescoes, 'Tree of Jesse', Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Stavropoleos Monastery, 1724, Old Town Bucharest; Bucharest, Romania

Fresco, St John The New Monastery, 1514; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

Exterior frescoes, 'Last Judgement', Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Fresco, St John The New Monastery, 1514; Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

Moldovita Monastery, 1532; Vatra Moldovitei, Suceava County, Romania

Arbore Monastery, 1502; Arbore, Suceava County, Romania

Exterior frescoes, portion of 'Last Judgement', Voronet Monastery, 1487; Gura Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

Ruins, Cistercian Monastery, founded in 1202; Carta, Sibiu County, Transylvania Region, Romania

Ruins, Cistercian Monastery, founded in 1202; Carta, Sibiu County, Transylvania Region, Romania