Frumoasa Monastery

{{Short description|Heritage site in Iași, Romania}} {{Infobox church | name = Frumoasa Monastery | full_name = | other_name = | native_name = Mănăstirea Frumoasa | native_name_lang = ro | infobox_width = | image = Mănăstirea Frumoasa3.jpg | image_size = | caption = Belfry of Frumoasa Monastery | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | location = Strada Radu Vodă, nr. 1, Iași | country = Romania | coordinates = {{coord|47|8|21|N|27|35|14|E|type:landmark_region:RO|display=inline,title}} | denomination = Romanian Orthodox Church | churchmanship = | province = | district = | consecrated = | status = | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = | architecture = | architect = | architectural_type = | style = Neoclassical | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = 1726 | completed = 1733 | founder = Hetman Melentie Balica | construction_cost = | specifications = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = stone, brick | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }} The '''Frumoasa Monastery''' ({{langx|ro|Mănăstirea Frumoasa}}) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located at 1 Radu Vodă Street, in the {{ill|Frumoasa, Iași|lt=Frumoasa|ro|Frumoasa, Iași}} neighborhood of Iași, Romania.

Built between 1726 and 1733, by Moldavian Prince Grigore II Ghica,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniatourism.com/iasi.html|title=City of Iași – Moldova region (Eastern Romania)|website=www.romaniatourism.com|access-date=June 2, 2025}}</ref> the monastery is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.<ref>[http://www.cultura.ro/sectiuni/Patrimoniu/Monumente/lista/iasi.pdf The Romanian Register of Historical Monuments in Iași County] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123004634/http://www.cultura.ro/sectiuni/Patrimoniu/Monumente/lista/iasi.pdf |date=November 23, 2010 }}</ref>{{clear}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Frumoasa monastery, Iași}} * {{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726014935/http://www.primaria-iasi.ro/content.aspx?item=1654&lang=EN |title=Churches and monasteries in Iași|publisher=Iași City Hall|website=www.primaria-iasi.ro|access-date=June 2, 2025}}

{{Gallery |File:Biserica Mănăstirii Frumoasa1.jpg|Archangels Church of Frumoasa Monastery |File:Manastirea Frumoasa Iasi 03.JPG|Palace of the Frumoasa Monastery, by Martin Kubelka, 1818–1819 |File:Mausoleul lui Grigore Sturdza 1.JPG|Grave of Grigore Sturdza |File:Manastirea Frumoasa30.jpg|Frumoasa Monastery }}

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