The last church raised in the classical Moldavian style, before the architecture changed for good. And one of the few with a brewery in its biography: after the Austrians dissolved the monastery, beer was made in its buildings for a long time. Monastic life came back only in 2000.
If you only have a minute
The last monastery raised in the classical Moldavian style, before the architecture changed. Dissolved by the Austrians in 1785 and turned into a warehouse, then into a brewery, it was reopened as a monastery only in 2000.
What you find only here
In 1785 the Austrian administration dissolved the monastery. The buildings became a warehouse, then a brewery, and Solca stayed known across Bucovina for beer and mineral water precisely because of that. Monastic life came back only in 2000, after two hundred and fifteen years of interruption. It is the only monastery on this list with a factory in its biography.
Open daily.
The last church raised in the classical Moldavian style, before the architecture changed. The proportions are heavier than in the foundations of the sixteenth century.
You arrive in the courtyard and look around without knowing where. These are 3 places on the walls that people who know look for.
The last church in classical Moldavian style, but with heavier towers than at Voroneț or Humor. Here you can see the style growing tired.
They survived both the dissolution and the brewery.
Solca is known for mineral water and beer precisely from the period when the monastery was no longer a monastery.
Things that are less widely known, and that nobody tells you at the gate.
After the dissolution of 1785, the buildings housed the town brewery. Solca has been known for beer and mineral water ever since.
Monastic life began again in 2000.
If you only have 30 minutes: The church from the outside, and the enclosure.
Quiet.
On the road between Arbore and Sucevița.
The hills around.
Open.
UNESCO monument
the Catholic sanctuary and the salt mine
Suggested circuit: Solca → Arbore → Cacica, half a day.
Solca, jud. Suceava · 70 km from Câmpulung Moldovenesc
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