{{Short description|Heritage site in Iași, Romania}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Golia Monastery | image = Biserica „Înălțarea Domnului” (4).jpg | image_size = | caption = The church of the Golia Monastery | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | location = Cuza Vodă Street 51, Iași, Romania | geo = {{coord|47.164861|27.589389|display=inline,title}} | religious_affiliation = Eastern Orthodox | rite = | province = | district = | consecration_year = | status = | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = {{URL|http://www.golia.ro}} | architecture = yes | architect = Vasile and Ștefăniță Lupu | architecture_type = | architecture_style = Renaissance and Byzantine | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = 1650 | year_completed = 1660 | construction_cost = | specifications = yes | 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 = 30 m | materials = Stone, brick | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }} The '''Golia Monastery''' ({{langx|ro|Mănăstirea Golia}}) is a Romanian Orthodox fortified monastery located in Iaşi, Romania. 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 Iaşi County] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123004634/http://www.cultura.ro/sectiuni/Patrimoniu/Monumente/lista/iasi.pdf |date=2010-11-23 }}</ref> In 2012, the conservation of the Monastery was awarded the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europanostra.org/laureates-2012/|title = 2012 Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-254_en.htm|title = Press corner}}</ref>
==History== Located in the middle of the old Moldavian capital and raised on the foundation of the church erected, in the 16th century, by the boyar Ioan Golia, the monastery was rebuilt on a greater scale by Prince Vasile Lupu, between 1650 and 1653, and completed by his son Ştefăniţă.
The monastery is surrounded by tall walls, with corner turrets and a {{convert|30|m|2|abbr=on}} height tower with 120 steps, one of city’s symbols, and houses the Ion Creangă Museum (the writer was curate of the church) and Doxologia Cultural Missionary Centre of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina.<ref>[http://www.romanianmonasteries.org/other-monasteries/iasi-churches/golia About Golia Monastery]</ref><ref>[http://editura.doxologia.ro/ About Doxologia]</ref>
<gallery> File:Turn clopotniță - Golia 02.JPG|Golia Tower and House of Waters File:RO, IS, Ion Creanga House of Golia monastery in Iasi 14.JPG|Ion Creangă House File:Golia Monastery , Iaşi , the drinking fountain 1.JPG|The drinking water fountain Golia Monastery Priory 2.JPG|Golia Monastery Priory </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Golia Monastery}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726014935/http://www.primaria-iasi.ro/content.aspx?item=1654&lang=EN Churches and monasteries in Iaşi] at Iași City Hall website
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Category:Romanian Orthodox church buildings in Iași Category:Romanian Orthodox monasteries of Iași County Category:Christian monasteries established in the 17th century Category:Historic monuments in Iași County Category:17th-century Romanian Orthodox monasteries