Located between the gentle hills of Bucovina, 12 km to the north of the former residence of Stephen the Great and the Holy and the Metropolitans of Moldavia, the Dragomirna monastery rises like a tree in time, between the fortress walls. Built as if to face the heights, in search of more light near the woods, shaded by a curtain of firs and majestically reflected in the water of the nearby lake, this place of worship, by its antiquity, by the originality of the style, by the elegance and solidity of the form , through its picturesqueness, arouses the admiration of every visitor, so that in front of it the pious worshiper is as impressed as the historian and the man of art.
Beyond the beauty of the landscape, the unusualness of the place, what produces an unforgettable impression, is the strange elegance of the monument, with geometric rigors of great sophistication, with a unique silhouette due to its proportions and the unity of the volume, among all other medieval Moldovan monuments.
It is probably precisely this uniqueness of the monument that attracted the attention of specialists from early on, who, depending on the era and circumstances, expressed different value judgments, but always marking its deep originality. Nicolae Iorga was talking about Dragomirna's unparalleled beauty, her greatness and the total impression she makes on the viewers. The ensemble from Dragomirna, built on the border between two centuries, is located at two stages of the Moldavian style. The Dragomirna monastery medieval art complex is composed of the small church or hermitage, the large church, the defensive walls, the old building of the abbess, the five towers, the cells and the chapel.
Source: www.manastireadragomirna.ro