The Cetătuia Monastery in Iasi is an Orthodox monastery of monks, founded in the 17th century by voivode Gheorghe Duca (1665-1666, 1668-1672 and 1678-1683). Set on a high hill in the southern part of Iași, from where you can see a beautiful panorama of the city, Cetățuia Monastery dominates the landscape with its slender figure, guarded by an imposing tower and surrounded by a weathered stone wall.
It was built from the beginning as a medieval fortified complex capable of providing the ruler and the boyars with a foothold for an armed resistance against the invaders. A printing press with Greek letters, brought from Venice, worked here. Having reached a ruin at the end of the 19th century, the monastery was restored in the interwar period at the initiative of the historian Nicolae Iorga.
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