Suceava County
Located in the North-East of Romania, with roots going back to the
far Palaeolithic (100,000-10,000 BC), Suceava county’s evolution marked
the history of the Romanians with significant moments.
This space was the cradle of the first centralised state of Moldavia
(1359) with illustrious founders of European civilisation and fearless
fighters who defended their ancestors’ land such as Bogdan I the Founder
(1359-1365); Petru Musat (1375-1391); Alexander the Good (1400-1432);
and, last but not least, the great hero of independence Stephen the
Great and Holy (1457-1504). Attractive due to its riches and
easy trade routes towards the East, this part of the country had often
been ravaged by invaders, its territory crippled by neighbours, eventually
torn away by the greedy Austrian Empire under the rule of which it
stayed for 150 years (1868-1918). The post-war treaties failed to
restore the historical rights of Bucovina.
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Geographical
Outline
Suceava county lies in the north-eastern part of Romania and borders
on Ukraine to the North, Neamt and Mures counties to the South, Ukraine
to the East and Maramures and Bistrita counties to the West. The county
has an area of 8,553.50 sq km. The municipalities of Suceava, Falticeni,
Campulung Moldovenesc and Radauti, and the towns of Vatra Dornei,
Siret and Solca are the major settlements of the county. The municipality
of Suceava, the county seat, has 120,000 inhabitants.
Suceava county has approximately 700,000 inhabitants of which 250,000
in the urban area and 450,000 in the rural area. The climate is temperate
and humid, with average annual temperature of 8°C. Hills and mountains
are the predominant forms of relief while 54 per cent of the county’s
area is covered by forests (3/4 coniferae)). Arable land covers an
area of 1,813 sq km and the hydrographic basin includes some 136 sq
km of rivers and ponds.
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Touristic
Information
A legendary
land. This is the Suceava county for the visitors of this part
of Romania, known as Bucovina, a place where history is all
around. A birthplace of an old civilization, the Suceava county
is situated in the North-Eastern part of Romania and on the
first places as concerns its surface, number of inhabitants,
and economic, tourist and human potential. The relief is a mountain
and hilly one, with wonderful landscapes, with a dense hydrographic
network, fast waters flow on sunny valleys. The hundred thousand
tourists who visit yearly this county is explained by its geographic
position at a cross of roads between North and South, East and
West, its neighborhood with Ukraine, Poland, Republic of Moldova
as well as to its wonderful landscapes, numberless cultural
and historic monuments and artistic and folk life. A specific
feature of this county is that on a not big surface there is
a great number of tourist attractions. There are here good facilities
for the summer and winter sports, for hunting and fishing, as
well as for rest in large oasis of calm. The mountains of Suceava
has natural varied and attractive places. A wonderful route
is the one to the Calimani volcanic massif (Pietrosul Calimanilor
- 2102 m above sea level), or to the Giumaslau and Rarau massive,
the last one being known for its karst relief. Some wonderful
landscapes are offered by the narrow pathes of the Bistrita
Aurie River, Upper Valley of Moldova and Suceava Rivers. This
county has large natural reservations of flora and fauna (stag,
roebuck, bear, wild boar, capercaillie, lynx). There are numberless
landscapes which can be compared with the ones from Switzerland,
France, Austria, Italy, Germany, Spain, a.o. The ecological
value and proverbial hospitality of peoples create good conditions
to integrate this Dornele zone into the world net of mountain
values. Among the 35 natural monuments and natural reservations,
the century-old forests from Slatioara (600 ha with spruce fir
trees which are over 400 years old) offers a remarkable view
of the pure nature. Among the vestiges perfectly integrated
into the nature, a special mention has to be done in connection
with the painted monuments which are included by the UNESCO
among the masterprices of the world art. Also the International
Federation of Tourism Journalists and Writers (FIJET) awarded
the POMME D'OR international Prize in 1975 to this zone known
now all over the world. Among these monuments, the Voronet Monastery
(1488) is shinning like a sapphire. At little distances one
to another, there are reknown medieval orthodox foundations:
Humor (1530), Moldovila (1532), Sucevita (1584) Monasteries
visited by art and beauty lovers. Also here they are the Dragomirna
Monastery (1609), an embroidery in stone, the Putna Monastery
(1469) built by great Voivode Stefan cel Mare, this being also
his grave. Other monasteries of a great historic and orthodox
value are the ones situated in the Stanisoara area: Slatina,
Rasca and Pobota Monasteries. The municipality of Suceava, the
capital city of this county gathers about all creative and productive
fields of activity which put into account the rich economic
resources of Bucovina. A possible tourist route comprises the
Princely Fortress of Suceava, the Sf. Ioan Monastery in Zamca,
the Saint Dumitru, Holy Resurrection, Miruli medieval Churches.
A point of interest is also the National Museum of Bucovina
with its valuable historic and archaeology exhibits. Other towns
are interesting by their specific features: Campulung Moldovenese,
the socalled Helvetian pearl of Bucovina, founded by ruler Alexandru
cel Bun, and the municipality of Radauti, reknown by its fair.
For the lovers of literature, a stop in the municipality of
Falticeni (a real Weimar of Romania) also called "the town
of outstanding peoples". Here there are Ciprian Porumbescu's
museum, Nicolae Labis' memorial house in Malini, or the folk
zones of Ciocanesti, Vatra Moldoviei, Fundu Moldovei, Vama,
Putna, Straja. A special place has the village of Marginea where
skilful potters make the famous black pottery known all over
the world. The Suceava county has modern accommodation facilities
(over 4,000 places in hotels, inns, chalets, camp grounds, peasant
households, and about 6,000 seats in restaurants), as well as
over 1,000 km of modernized national and county roads and 430
km of railways.
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