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vatra dornei (enc)
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Vatra Dornei Vatra Dornei - Well known ski resort in the north of Romania. Besides skiing you can visit the monasteries nearby: The resort has 2 ski slopes, one is the longest in Romania (3 Km) - Partia Telescaun, and one has 800 m in length - Partia Dealu Negru. The town has two major hollidays - Serbarile Zapezii (13-15 february), and Festivalul de datini si obiceiuri populare (29-31 december). Humor - one of the renowned church with exterior frescoes, built in 1530. Voronet - is the most valuable painted church of Bucovin. It is called "Sistine Chapel of the East" and it has an unusual freshness due to the famous "Blue of Voronet" . Moldovita - one of the gems of the old moldavian art, built in 1532, remarkable for its valuable exterior frescoes. Sucevita - it was built between 1582-1584 and is also covered with frescoes Putna - is a legendary and very beautiful monastery, built by Stephan the Great, between 1466-1469. The tomb of the sanctified ruler is in this monastery. One may also see here an important museum of medieval art.
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