# Frumoasa Monastery

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{{Short description|Heritage site in Iași, Romania}}
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| native_name        = Mănăstirea Frumoasa
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| caption            = Belfry of Frumoasa Monastery
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| location           = Strada Radu Vodă, nr. 1, [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i)
| country            = [Romania](/source/Romania)
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| denomination       = [Romanian Orthodox Church](/source/Romanian_Orthodox_Church)
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| style              = [Neoclassical](/source/Neoclassical_architecture)
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| groundbreaking     = 1726
| completed          = 1733
| founder            = [Hetman](/source/Hetman) Melentie Balica
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The '''Frumoasa Monastery''' ({{langx|ro|Mănăstirea Frumoasa}}) is a [Romanian Orthodox](/source/Romanian_Orthodox_Church) [monastery](/source/monastery) located at 1 Radu Vodă Street, in the {{ill|Frumoasa, Iași|lt=Frumoasa|ro|Frumoasa, Iași}} neighborhood of [Iași](/source/Ia%C8%99i), Romania. 

Built between 1726 and 1733, by [Moldavia](/source/Moldavia)n [Prince](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Moldavia) [Grigore II Ghica](/source/Grigore_II_Ghica),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniatourism.com/iasi.html|title=City of Iași &ndash; 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](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Monuments_in_Romania).<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}}

==References==
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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](/source/Grigore_Sturdza)
|File:Manastirea Frumoasa30.jpg|Frumoasa Monastery
}}

{{Iași Landmarks}}

Category:Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Iași County
Category:Romanian Orthodox church buildings in Iași
Category:Historic monuments in Iași County
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 18th century
Category:1733 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Category:18th-century establishments in Moldavia
Category:1733 establishments in Europe
Category:Neoclassical church buildings in Romania
Category:18th-century architecture in Romania
Category:Monasteries used as prisons
Category:18th-century Romanian Orthodox monasteries

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