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Piatra, Church of St. John
Piatra, Church of St. John
Piatra, Church of St. John

ABOUT THE TREASURE

What: Orthodox Church
Where: Romania, Neamt
When: Late Middle Ages

Erected between 1497-98 the church is particularly important for its well preserved facades displaying the characteristic wall facing for that period: a basement of carved stone, a second, middle section of flint coursed rubble and few brick masonry and a third section of brickwork comprising also the cornice decorated with small enameled terracotta disks. The interior is composed of double domed pronaos west to a naos characteristic both for their domes supported by either superposed or rotated arches.

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