August 09 – August 22
August 9
Let’s discover the traditional arts, 12:00
Location: the hall from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
The event is about promoting the Romanian folk
August 9 – 15
The Free Skating Cup – juniors
Piatra Neamt
August 11
Touristic routes, 10:00
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
Holiday ideas
August 13
Muse Euterpe, 16:30
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
The event consists in previews and auditions commented for music lovers by dr Constantin Goilav
August 15
Bistrita Monastery Patron
Varatec Monastery Patron
“Adormirea Maicii Domnului” Church Patron (Piatra Neamt)
August 16
Let’s …

In April 2010, the Art Gallery of „Carmen Saeculare” Cultural Center is hosting an artistic moment organized by the students of Professor Zenaida Rotaru. They exhibited painted icons of Byzantine influence and they’ve been working on this art project from Christmas.
Also, in this exhibition we can see ceramics influenced by Cucuteni Culture that were made by children from The Folk Art School. The opening of the exhibition took placed on April 3rd, 2010. All those that were present were deeply impressed by the works of our youngest artists.
The Icons and …

Many pilgrims choose to spend this Easter in Neamt County and witness the religious service at some of the famous monasteries that are located in this county: Agapia, Varatec, Neamt, Pangarati, Bistrita and others. Thousands of believers from all over Romania and from foreign countries came on Saturday to witness the miracle of Resurrection celebrated in monasteries and churches all over Neamt County.
The religious places were full of pilgrims that every year chose to spend the mini Easter vacation in Neamt. This religious celebration of Resurrection is the most important …

This week Piatra Neamt was dressed with ornaments and lights that remind us of the holyday that will come. Hundreds of small ornament-bunnies, lights and lots of colorful eggs were mounted on the streets.
Piatra Neamt is garnished with ornaments and lights. Every night the town offers a pleasant atmosphere and a good reason to get out and take a walk. The alleys from Tineretului Park are filled with lighted bunnies and huge eggs covered in small lights. All these attract locals and people from other towns to see how Piatra …

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 …