SUCEVITA (northern Romania) Side-Trip:
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Views of the Sucevita Convent Church with its exceptional exterior and interior painted Byzantine-styled frescos from the mid 1500s.
Bttm Lft: Dan Dimancescu in the walled convent which he first visited in 1968 when reporting on a story for the National Geographic Magazine (June 1969). He and his colleagues camped on the hillside above the convent and were offered meals by the nuns.
Bttm Rt: Reed Karaim, Kyle Brandse, and Nora Agapi.