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Ktetor (Gr****: κτήτωρ) or
ktitor (Cyrillic: ктитор; Georgian: ქტიტორი kt’it’ori; Romanian: ctitor),
meaning 'founder', is a
title given in the
Middle Ages...
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monuments of
Eastern European medieval art. The
portraits of the church's
ktitors,
Kaloyan and Desislava, and of the
ruling monarch Constantine Tikh and...
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Antonescu and his wife
preferred donating to
Orthodox churches, and were
ktitors of
churches in
three separate Bucharest areas: Mărgeanului
Church in Rahova...
- only by the
state but also
through donations by the wealthy,
known as
ktitors.
Among the
first places of
worship to be
constructed after 864 was the...
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coloured marble. The
selection of
saints depended on the
preferences of the
ktitors or on the
general theme of the frescoes.
Typical feature of the Tarnovo...
- as a fortress, it was
built by
workers brought from Transylvania. Its
ktitors were the Brăila
merchants Die and Șerbu, as well as the
local trader Constantin...
- that can be
found here. The
Polovragi Monastery [ro] was
built in 1505 by
ktitors Radu
Comisul and Pătru Spătaru, the sons of
boyar Danciu Zamona. Andruță...
- pseudo-basilica
built by
craftsmen from Bratsigovo, and the
first benefactors (
ktitors) were
wealthy merchants from the town of Koprivsh****a, the
Chalukov brothers...
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mural painting was done
after 1960.
There are oil
paintings of the
three ktitors above the
entrance door on the interior: Hagi
Constantin Popp,
Stana Petru...
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Dolhasca town,
Suceava County, Romania.
Built in 1530, with
Peter IV Rareș as
ktitor, it is one of
eight buildings that make up the
Churches of
Moldavia UNESCO...
