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Humor Monastery located in MÃÆnÃÆstirea Humorului, about 5 km north of the town of Gura Humorului, Romania. It is a monastery for nuns dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, or Theotokos. It was constructed in 1530 by Voievod Petru RareÃÅ¸. Humor was one of the first of Moldavia's painted monasteries to be frescoed and, along with VoroneÃÂ£, is probably the best preserved. The dominant colour of the frescoes is a reddish brown. The church has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.