Last weekend hundreds of people visited our Martisor Festival located in the historic center of Piatra Neamt. Local artists and craftsmen from Neamt County and all of Romania gathered to present handmade objects that we call Martisor,  considered to be a symbol of Spring and good luck.
The tradition of Martisor is more than 2000 years old and we are still practicing this tradition annually on March 1. There are numerous legends about the significance of Martisor, about the red and white wires but in a simple way Martisor represents a …

In Piatra Neamt, in the place called Curtea Domneasca (translated Royal Court) of Stefan cel Mare, between February 26 and 28, 2010 will take place the first edition of Martisor Festival where we would like to invite everyone that loves Romanian traditions. The traditional objects that we Romanians call Martisor are made by craftsmen from the entire area of Moldova and Romania. Together with the librarians from Bibliopolis and flower sellers we hope to create a complete and accurate image of what this tradition of Martisor means to us. The …

Hundreds of people participated at the opening of the Snow Festival “Piatra pe Zapada”, Saturday February the 20th 2010, which took place on Cozla Hill. Guest of honor was Elena Udrea, Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, that offered with this occasion the first European certificate for Cozla Ski Slope.
The opening of the festival was at 14:30 when Elena Udrea, Gheorghe Stefan, Mayor of Piatra Neamt and Gheorghe Flutur, vice president of the PDL Party, arrived with the chairlift, together with Vasile Pruteanu, President of the Neamt County Council and …

In Piatra Neamt, on top of Cozla Mountain at the arriving station of Telegondola, in the weekend of 20-21 of February 2010 will take place the event “Piatra pe Zapada – Piatra on Snow” where we would like to invite all of you. We’ll have contests of football on snow, ski, tubing, snowboarding, hockey with the broomsticks and snowball fights. You can enter the contest by calling the phone number 0748146808 or on 20 and 21 February with at least half an hour before any contest. The snow fun will …

This year we have the XL edition and it will take place between 11 and 13 December 2009. We present the program of these special days and we hope to determine more and more people to attend to this kind of events that speak about the Romanian traditions and cultural values.
Friday – December the 11th
The Memorial Museum Ion Creanga from Humulesti – Targu Neamt
Between 1030 – 1100, Welcoming the guests and visits to the Memorial Museum
At 1100 – 1300

The official opening of the event
Whitepaper presentation “120 years from the death …