Periodic Reporting Cycle 2, Section II
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Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Churches of Moldavia 1. World Heritage Property Data Churches of Moldavia - Church of St George of 19/03/2010 Suceava Churches of Moldavia - Church of St George of the 19/03/2010 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property former Voronet Monastery Churches of Moldavia Carte d''Eglise de la résurrection du monastère de 01/07/2010 Suceviţa - inscrit en 2010 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details State(s) Party(ies) 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the Property Romania Comment Type of Property The Ministry of Culture (former Ministry of Culture, former cultural Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) and The National Identification Number Institute of Heritage - scientific consultant and monitoring 598bis (former National Institute of Historical Monuments, former Year of inscription on the World Heritage List National Directorate of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites), public institution of national importance, with legal personality, 1993, 2010 under the Ministry of Culture. 1.3 - Geographic Information Table 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription Agency (latitude/longitude) (ha) zone (ha) year (ha) Tudor Andriu 0 / 0 ? ? ? Suceava County Council Chief Architect, Coordinator, President of the 0 / 0 ? ? ? Committee Church of the 47.733 / 25.933 2.54 28.59 31.13 1993 Beheading of St John the Baptist 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) of Arbore 1. Exterior Painting Churches from the First Half of Church of the 47.594 / 25.854 4.27 27.9 32.17 1993 the 16th Century (CIMEC) Assumption of the Virgin of the Comment former Monastery of http://patrimoniu.gov.ro/ro/monumente-istorice/lista- Humor patrimoniului-mondial-unesco/17-monumente- Church of the 47.678 / 25.547 4 44 48 1993 istorice/unesco/89-biserici-din-moldova Annunciation of http://www.cimec.ro/monumente/unesco/unescoro/indexMold. the Monastery of htm http://manastirea-sucevita.ro/ http://www.manastirea- Moldovita moldovita.ro/ http://www.manastireaprobota.ro/ Church of the 47.733 / 26.195 0.67 26.64 27.31 1993 http://www.patrauti.ro/ Holy Rood of Patrauti Church of St 47.383 / 27.5 1 28.54 29.54 1993 1.8 - Other designations / Conventions under which the Nicholas and the property is protected (if applicable) Catholicon of the Monastery of Probota 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Church of St 47.667 / 26.283 1.34 4.84 6.18 1993 George of Suceava 2.1 - Statement of Outstanding Universal Value / Church of St 47.533 / 25.867 3.27 37.71 40.98 1993 Statement of Significance George of the former Voronet Monastery Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Church of the 47.778 / 25.713 1.4 36.4 37.8 2010 Brief synthesis Resurrection of The churches with external mural paintings of northern Suceviţa Monastery Moldavia, built from the late 15th century to the late 16th century, are masterpieces inspired by Byzantine art. These Total (ha) 18.49 234.62 253.11 eight churches of northern Moldavia are unique in Europe. They are authentic and particularly well preserved. Far from 1.4 - Map(s) being mere wall decorations, the paintings form a systematic Title Date Link to covering on all the facades and represent complete cycles of source religious themes. Their exceptional composition, the elegance Churches of Moldavia - Church of the Beheading of St 19/03/2010 of the characters, and the harmony of the colours blend John the Baptist of Arbore perfectly with the surrounding countryside. Churches of Moldavia - Church of the Assumption of 19/03/2010 Criterion (i): The external paintings of the churches of the Virgin of the former Monastery of Humor Northern Moldavia cover all the facades. They embody a Churches of Moldavia - Church of the Annunciation of 19/03/2010 unique and homogeneous artistic phenomenon, directly the Monastery of Moldovita inspired by Byzantine art. They are masterpieces of mural Churches of Moldavia - Church of the Holy Rood of 19/03/2010 painting, and are of outstanding aesthetic value in view of their Patrauti consummate chromatism and the remarkable elegance of the Churches of Moldavia - Church of St Nicholas and the 19/03/2010 Catholicon of the Monastery of Probota Page 1 Monday, October 13, 2014 (6:18:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Churches of Moldavia World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Churches of Moldavia figures. They present cycles of events taken from the Bible and the Holy Scriptures, in the Orthodox Christian tradition. Criterion (iv): The idea of completely covering the external facades of churches by paintings is an eminent example of a type of church construction and decoration adopted in Moldavia, which illustrates the cultural and religious context of the Balkans from the late 15th century to the late 16th century. Integrity and authenticity The monastic church of Suceviţa has undergone no significant alteration in the course of its history. It preserves with total integrity its original late 15th century architectural structure, and its set of mural paintings, both internal and external. The monastery which surrounds it has conserved its initial appearance, and in particular its historic enclosure. The surrounding countryside, rural and forested, has undergone few transformations and changes up to the present day. The mural paintings are authentic, as they have undergone only minimal interventions. They are in a good state of conservation. The restorations undertaken since the 1970s have been carefully carried out, with great emphasis being placed on respecting authenticity in respect of motifs and pigments, and on conservation conditions. The restorations to the roof have resulted in the church regaining its original appearance, as documented by ancient iconographic sources. Protection and management requirements The protection of the property is satisfactory, both for the serial property as a whole and for Suceviţa, where the property is a place of worship inside a functioning monastery. The protection is completed by the municipality of Suceviţa’s general town plan for this zone, which was recently promulgated (January 2010). The plan should enable active control of building and other works inside the buffer zone and in the landscape environment of the church and monastery. The management plan has been drawn up, including the part pertaining to the extension. The Coordination Committee for the serial property has been set up, but details must be provided about how it functions locally. 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the property was inscribed (i)(iv) 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Value per criterion (i)The churches are masterpieces inspired by Byzantine art: external mural painting, covering all the facades, with complete cycles of religious themes, having outstanding artistic value - composition, chromatism and elegance of figures (iv)They represent an outstanding and unique artistic phenomenon manifested in Moldavia (ate 15th century - late 16th century): architecture, artistic expression - external and internal mural painting, rich decoration blend with specific surrounding countryside 2.4 - If needed, please provide details of why the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value should be revised 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value 3. Factors Affecting the Property 3.14. Other factor(s) 3.14.1 - Other factor(s) Page 2 Monday, October 13, 2014 (6:18:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Churches of Moldavia World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Churches of Moldavia 3.15. Factors Summary Table 3.15.1 - Factors summary table Name Impact Origin 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.1 Housing 3.1.4 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 3.1.5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3.5 Biological resource use/modification 3.5.10 Forestry /wood production 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) 3.7.8 Micro-organisms 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3.10 Climate change and severe weather events 3.10.1 Storms 3.13 Management and institutional factors 3.13.1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3.13.3 Management activities Legend Current Potential Negative Positive Inside Outside 3.16. Assessment of current negative factors 3.16.1 - Assessment of current negative factors Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management Trend response 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.1 Housing restricted one off or rare insignificant medium capacity static 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of restricted on-going insignificant medium capacity static transportation infrastructure 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) localised on-going minor medium capacity static 3.7.8 Micro-organisms restricted intermittent or sporadic insignificant medium capacity static 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / localised frequent insignificant medium capacity static recreation Page 3 Monday, October 13, 2014 (6:18:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Churches of Moldavia World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Churches of Moldavia elaboration and of the content of the protection planning and 3.17. Comments, conclusions and / or management for the monuments inscribed on WHL d. General Urban Planning for each town/commune recommendations related to factors affecting the elaborated between 1995-2000; now they have to be re- property actualized with requirements e. All 7 monuments are mentioned in the Annex of the Law 3.17.1 - Comments no 5/2000 concerning the arrangement of the territory at the chapter Protected zones f.