Unique architectural monument in the eastern Carpathian space, the “Adormirea Maicii Domnului” Church in Causeni is built at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This church is amazing and provides an optical illusion: although it looks small on the outside, the interior surprises with the generosity of its space. The church is located below ground level (being “semi-buried”), as Causeni was part of the Bugeac raya, respectively was subject to Ottoman laws that provided that churches should not be higher than the base of the roof of mosques and should not exceed a certain size. The paintings of the building date since 1763, being the work of painters Stanciul Radu and Voicul.
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“Adormirea Maicii Domnului” Church in Causeni
Transnistria
If you arrive in Moldova and want to catch a feel of the former Soviet Union, then Transnistria is a must-visit destination. It is a self-proclaimed separatist region, emerged in the result of a civil war in 1990, and controlling that part of the territory of the Republic of Moldova, located east of the Nistru (left bank), but also six villages, as well as the municipality of Tighina, located west of the Nistru.
Jewish cemetery at Vadul Rascov
The Jewish Cemetery of Vadul Rascov is a representative monument of Jewish community. People say that the Jewish cemetery here is the largest in the Republic of Moldova and one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the Southeast Europe. Currently, there is not a single Jewish family living here, however the history of many families has left its imprint on the culture of the village.