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The '''Putna''' [[monastery]] is one of the most important cultural,religious and artistic centers of Medieval [[Moldova]] being among with many others monasteries the creation of Prince ''Stephen the Great'' ( [[Stefan cel Mare]] ). It was founded on the lands perambulated by the Putna river which has its source in the [[Obcina Mare]] mountains, in the northern part of Moldova named [[Bucovina]].

After Stephen the Great won the battle in which he conquered the [[Chilia]] fortress, wanting to thank God for his success he started at [[10 July 1466]] the construction of the Putna monastery dedicated to the [[Mother of Christ]], being of [[Christian Orthodox]] communion. The terrain on which the monastery is build on is believed to be the place on which a former forest raised.In a chronicle of that time is mentioned that [[Stefan cel Mare]] bought from [[Stan Babici]],[[Iachim Babici]] and [[Simion Babici]] for 200 [[slotzlot]]s the [[Jicovul de Sus]] village and offered it to the treasury of the monastery.The monastery was finished in 3 years but it was consecrated after 4 because other battles took place and the Prince was leading the troops not having the time necessary for this important event.At [[3 September 1470]] the Putna monastery was sanctified thus being the most important religious centre in the area.[[Stefan cel Mare]] participated with all his family at the ceremony.The monastery was believed to have been build by a [[Greek]] architect named Theodor, but this not true the source of this information being the erroneous interpretation of the chronicles found in the [[Chilia]] fortress, the true [[architect]] being unknown.

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