Weekend Exploration: Curchi Monastery.

Curchi is situated close to Orhei, in Codru. Founded in the 18th century, it was closed down in the middle of the 20th and turned into a psychiatric hospital. It stayed that way for about 50 years, and was reverted back into a monastery in 2002.

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Please head to my other blog, Inner Moldova, to see the rest of the photographs.

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