Galata Monastery near the city, overlooking the Nicolina river valley. Church (which has been dedicated to "Resurrection" and was known as the "Galata of the Hill") was built between 1582-1584 and was consecrated in 1584. Galata Monastery The Galata Monastery () is a Romanian Orthodox monastery for nuns, founded at the end of the sixteenth century by Moldavian Voivode Petru Şchiopul, in the west of Iaşi, Romania. The monastery is located on the top of Galata Hill, and can be easily observed from different locations of Iasi. The church, surrounded by walls with loopholes and provided with a bell tower at the
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