NRRP funding for Suceava County's wooden churches and monasteries sightseeing trails

Suceava County's cultural and tourist trails featuring wooden churches and monasteries have been greenlit for funding through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), County Council vice-president Niculai Barba announced on Friday, Agerpres reports.

He said that through the joint orders of the Ministers of European Investments and Projects; Entrepreneurship and Tourism; Culture; and Development, Public Works and Administration, financing has been approved for the attractions along 12 nationally funded cultural routes.

The list of sightseeing sites that met the criteria for being promoted along the Wooden Churches Trail includes the "St. Demetrios" Church in Horodnic de Sus, the ensemble of the "St. Nicholas" Colacu Church and the "St. Demetrios" Church in Botosana commune, while the sites along the Monasteries Trail include the Arbore, Humor, Putna and Slatina monasteries.

Another sightseeing itinerary that includes Suceava County landmarks is the Route of Traditional Romanian Gastronomy which features traditional cuisine from the Hutsul Land - Fundu Moldovei and Moldova Sulita, as well as from Bucovina - Campulung Moldovenesc.

According to the Suceava County Council vice-president, the NRRP funding will also be made available for the promotion of the Vernacular Village Architecture Trail, which includes households from Ciocanesti and Brodina that will each have eight traditional homes restored on this money.

Under the same joint ministerial order, a list of sites was approved that are included in the cultural or tourist trails and which will be restored on NRRP funding, including the wooden churches in Botosana and Colacu, as well as the Slatina and Arbor monasteries.

The funding application documents for the inclusion of these landmarks in the NRRP-funded cultural trails was submitted by the Suceava County Council through the Suceava Tourist Information and Promotion National Center.