The ruler Alexandru cel Bun supported the Orthodox Church to become a powerful institution and also created the Episcopate of Roman. He raised the church from Roman at the rank of Episcopate Cathedral. On September 13 2009 with the accord of the High Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church the Episcopate of Roman was raised at the rank of Archiepiscopate of Roman and Bacau.
Inside this religious complex are exposed a series of historical objects that represent true treasures of our past. There a series of embroideries, silver pieces, wood sculptures …

Neamt County is a place of legend, history and culture with a rare beauty that overwhelms every visitor. It’s just what happened with the writer Mihail Sadoveanu that spent his last years in a house near Neamt Monastery.
He knew this place from 1920 when a friend became a monk at Vovidenia Hermitage. About the life of this monk Sadoveanu talks in his book The Demon of Youth, written in 1928 while he was at Vovidenia. Sadoveanu was fascinated of this place, of the forests that surrounded Vovidenia and he said …

Secu Valley has a special charm and is a place where over time religious settlements were built where hundreds of religious believers come every day. The road that goes to these monasteries is located 12 km from the place where our great writer Ion Creanga was born. After 4 km of old forests and rocks you encounter Secu Monastery, a religious settlement of over 500 years old.
The archeological diggings revealed that the religious life existed here long before Secu Monastery and this proofs the connection with the old Tracic – …

Neamt County is full of charm both for tourists that come here every year as well for those that visit these places for the first time. Even though summer is gone and autumn is knocking on our door you can still spend a great time in some impressive landscapes.
The natural parks from Neamt County offer great ways to spend your vacation by relaxing in outdoors or hiking on mountain trails. These places are a great alternative of spending your free time and are also great stress relievers where nature is …

Neamt County is, without doubt, a place of some of the most beautiful religious settlements in Romania. From monuments of Gothic architecture to the Byzantine style, the religious settlements from Neamt County are known for its unique beauty. We invite you to discover three monasteries that are famous for its interior painting.
Agapia Monastery was built in the XVII century with an interior painting made by Nicolae Grigorescu between 1858 and 1861. Although he was only 20 years old when he started to paint the interior of the church, Grigorescu manages …

Neamt County is an area where at the shelter of mountains and forests people from these parts built churches, hermitages and villages.
Among some of the most valuables and oldest creations of traditional architecture from this area are the wood hermitages built in the centuries XVI – XIX. Although the local architecture is similar to the architecture from the entire Moldova region there are some distinct features. The wood hermitages that still exist today are a legacy of the religious life that once was in Neamt County. Among these hermitages we …