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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Giurgeni Monastery – Neamt County

Location:  Monastery Giurgeni is located at 28 km south-east from the town Roman is the village Vale Ursului
Address: village Giurgeni, commune Valea Ursului, Neamt County
The Patron of the monastery: “The Birth of St Mary, the Mother of Jesus” celebrated on 8 September
Year of construction: built in 1783 by the monk Ghedeon on top of an old religious settlement, rebuilt in the XIX century
The religious settlement from Giurgeni was first mentioned in the beginning of the XVIII century as a hermitage built in 1721 by few Greek monks. In the XIX …

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[31 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Braniste Hermitage – Neamt County

Braniste Hermitage is located at 4 km from the Neamt Monastery, in the commune Vanatori, at 19 km north-west from the town Targu Neamt.
Address: commune Vanatori, Neamt County
Tel: +(40) 233 251 580 and +(40) 745 823 179 from Neamt Monastery
The Patrons: “St Petru and Pavel” celebrated at 29 of June
Web: http://neamt.mmb.ro/
The Hermitage Braniste is under the administration of the Neamt Monastery and represents a side complex of buildings. The hermitage was built in 1582 from the order of ruler Petru Schipul.
When the abbot of the Neamt Monastery was Arhimandrit …

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[28 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Town Roznov – Neamt County

Location: the Town Roznov is part of the Neamt County and is located on the north side of the depression Cracau – Bistrita, at 15 km south east of the town Piatra Neamt. On the NV from Roznov there is the commune Savinesti, at NE commune Dochia, at E commune Margineni, at SE commune Zanesti at S commune Borlesti and at SV the commune Piatra Soimului

Access ways
DN 15 from Piatra-Neamt to Bacau (15 km)
Administration center
– The Spiritual Patrons of the Town: St Dumitru and St Gheorghe
– address: Str. Tineretului …

Nature Parks »

[28 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Paleontological Reservation Cozla – Pietricica – Cernegura from Piatra Neamt, Neamt County

From a geological stand of point, the mountains Cozla, Pietricica and Cernegura that surround the town Piatra Neamt represent the last step of the Carpathians and they are located at the intersection between Carpathians and Sub-Carpathians. In the north part of the town we can see the hill Cozla with a height of 852 m, in the east there is Pietricica with a height of 530 m and on the south there is Cernegura with a height of 679 m.
60 million years ago, here there was the bottom of a …

Museums »

[28 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Zoologic Museum C Romanescu, from Poiana Teiului

Address: village Dreptu, commune Poiana Teiului, Neamt County
Contact person: Professor Ancuta Ion
Short description
Constantin Romanescu was a teacher and for 36 years he was also the principle of the school from the village Dreptu. He was a very important figure for the community of the village Dreptu, he was the friend of the great writer Mihail Sadoveanu but he also was a collector. Because of his constant activity, the people from the village Dreptu have a zoological museum of their own.
This museum, known as the Zoological Museum C Romanescu is the …

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[28 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Memorial House I. I. Mironescu – Tazlau

Address: commune Tazlau, Neamt County
Established: in the year 1969
Category: Memorial House
Visiting program:
daily: 9-17 (October – March);
10-18 (April – September)
Monday: close
Short description
The house where was born and lived the doctor and writer I. I. Mironescu from Tazlau, was established in the year 1969 as a museum with a permanent exhibition with the personal things, photos, books and furniture that belong to the writer. Although he never made a name of himself in literature, I. Mironescu was a member of the journal “Romanian Life”.
Over time, the writer’s sister, Lina Donea, organized in …