The Old Orhei cave monastery, Peştera, in Butuceni village is a popular attraction in Orheiul Vechi. Dating back to the 15th century, it comprises a church, monastic cells, a stone cross (17th-18th centuries), and a Bell Tower (1820) on the Butuceni promontory. The Orthodox Church is located inside the cave, east of the cells, and is built on older rooms. It consists of compartments such as Altar, Naos, Pronaos, Porch, and an access Gang. The Church is 14.7 m long, 4.0-8.0 m wide, and 2.6-3.5 m high. The monastic cell complex of the Peştera monastery, west of the Church, includes a central hall with 12 side rooms-niches. It functioned between the 15th-16th centuries and in 1816. From 1816 to 1904, the monastery served as the village church and later operated only during Easter and Christmas celebrations. In 1946, the Peştera Church closed and was transformed into a collective farmhouse depot during the Soviet Union. It came under the management of the Orheiul Vechi Museum Complex in 1968. In 1996, the monastery church was restored by a new monastic community in Butuceni.

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