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[4 Mar 2015 | No Comment | ]
Razboieni Monastery

   In commune Războieni, at 26 km from Piatra Neamt and 35 km from Targu Neamt (Piatra Neamt 208 DJ –Tupilaţi – Hanu Ancuţei) is the monastery of nuns dedicated to The Synod of Archangels Michael and Gabriel, built in 1496 at the command of Stephen the Great, 20 years after the battle of White Valley. The monastery is built of stone with thick walls and is unique in the series of the foundations of the ruler, having the role of a mausoleum, sheltering under the slabs of the church the …

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[4 Mar 2015 | No Comment | ]
Pângăraţi Monastery

Pângăraţi Monastery is situated in Neamt County, in a dream place, surrounded by forests adorned by conifers and deciduous trees, on the left bank of the creek Pângăraţi at about 13 km from Piatra Neamt, following DN15 (Piatra Neamt-Bicaz) to right, the road is paved and passes in front of Hydroelectric plant Stejaru.
The name of the monastery comes from the name of a hermit who lived in the years of the fifteenth century right near the creek which he named, by the name of Pangratie. Hearing the true-believer ruler Stephen the …

Museums »

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Museum of History and Archaeology from Piatra Neamţ – Exhibition Royal Collection of silver and base metal

We have the extremely rare opportunity to enjoy at our home, in Piatra Neamt, until 18th of February 2015, the exhibition entitled suggestive Silver and base metal collection of the National Museum Bran, held at the Museum of History and Archaeology, by care of a group of curators led by Mrs. Dr. Mihaela Verzea, exhibition curator. From the hundreds of pieces of a great diversity collected by Queen Mary and other members of the royal family, some of them bearing the monogram of Queen, located in Bran Museum collection, are exhibited …

Nature Parks, Vânători Neamţ Nature Park »

[4 Mar 2015 | One Comment | ]
Dragos Voda Bison Reserve, Neamt County

Bison Reserve and Carpathian Fauna Dragos Voda, was founded in 1968. The first three bison were brought here in 1970 from Poland. In 1974, they were born here a male and a female. Dragos Voda Bison Reserve, currently Zoo Dragos Voda, one of the four protected areas included in the Natural Park Vanatori Neamt, streches about 11,500 ha. Of the 28 bison existing at Vanatori Neamt, only 7, two males and five females were housed in tourist purpose by Zoo Dragos Voda. The remaining copies are in The Acclimatization Park which covers …

Attractions, Churches »

[23 Feb 2015 | No Comment | ]
Wooden church Grinţieş

Grinţieş City is in the northwest of Neamt County, 80 km from Piatra Neamt and 56 km from Targu Neamt. Access path to Grinţieş is DJ155F, which branches from DN15 and connects to Durău resort.
Grintiesul Mare village is first mentioned in 1794 in “The church diptych from Grinţieş”, having the shape of a triptych written and painted on maple wood, preserved in the altar. Toponym Grinţieş is due Die Grentze a German word which means border, in this place been set up frontier guard picketsr and customs because the Habsburg Empire stretched …

Attractions, Entertainment, Lakes in Neamţ County, Other Articles, Tourism Promotion, Tourist trails »

[23 Feb 2015 | No Comment | ]
Bistrita Valley

On Bistrita Valley tourism is made all year and is an area increasingly sought after by tourists.
The charm and energy of this valley made the feather of several writers to lay beautiful words that we find from Dimitrie Cantemir in Moldavia Description, at Alecu Russo in Singing Romania or Alexander Vlahuţă in Romania picturesque. Among many others, Sadoveanu, charmed by the character of people, customs and their way of life, places the action of the novel Hatchet right on the course of this valley. Crossing the county, Bistrita`s water witnessed many historical …