Popăuţi Monastery is a monastery located in

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the ...

, Romania, on Ştefan cel Mare Street no. 41, near the train station. It was founded in 1496 by the

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

Stephen the Great Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great (; ; died 2 July 1504), was List of rulers of Moldavia, Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II of Moldavia, Bogdan II, who was murdered in ...

(1457-1504).Gheorghe Buzatu - ''"Biserica Sf. Nicolae din Popăuți-Botoșani"'', în vol. Mitropolia Moldovei și Sucevei - "Monumente istorice bisericești din Mitropolia Moldovei și Sucevei" (Ed. Mitropoliei Moldovei și Sucevei, Iași, 1974), p. 107. It is listed as a

historic monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...

by Romania's Ministry of Culture and National Identity.Lista monumentelor istorice din județul Botoșani din anul 2015

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