Sunday, May 26 2013 ended the Folkloric Art Festival “Lada cu zestre” with an award winning gala during which every artisan received a diploma for their participation. Also the artisan Cecilia Haisan received the “Neculai Popa” award for her religious icons pictures.
The official opening of the festival was Friday, May 24 2013 in “Curtea Domneasca” Plaza when the organizers thanked the participants from all over the country for being there. Neamt County Council handled excellence awards to the artisans Maria and Iulian Mihalachi from Baltatesti and Nicoleta and Laurentiu Pietraru …

Saturday, May 25 2013, starting at 11:00 will take place during the Festival “Lada cu zestre” the Colloquy “The wood civilization”. The organizers of this event are Neamt County Council, Piatra Neamt Local Council and Town Hall, the Museums Complex from Neamt County and “Constantin Matasa” Cultural and Scientific Foundation.
The colloquy will take place in two stages: communications and book launches. The communications session will include speakers like Feodosia Rotaru from the museums complex “Iulia Antonescu” from Bacau, Daniel Calistru from the museum from Pascani, Roxana Diaconu from the History …

Between May 24 and 26 in Curtea Domneasca Plaza from Piatra Neamt will take place the VIII edition of the Folkloric Art Festival “Lada cu zestre”. Through this festival we want to maintain alive the local traditions and the cultural heritage by stimulating the interest for traditions and customs in younger generations.
The festival unites some of the most well known artisans from all over Romania, specialized in ceramics, wood working, skins and furs working, weaving, traditional masks, egg painting, religious icons, musical instruments and traditional food products. The visual wealth …

The celebration of Easter very important for Romanians and the entire family participates. On March 18 started the preparation for this holyday. Monasteries from Neamt County are places where Orthodox believers come during this time just like in a spiritual journey. Here, traditions are kept alive … here is the place where spirituality blends with the picturesque of the area. Around the celebration of Easter the entire life of the church evolves.
The religious preparation for this holyday is not easy as a symbol of all the passions of Christ. Monks …

Vanatori-Neamt Nature Park is partially located between Neamt creek and Cracau creek and hosts along with its important natural reservations, historic settlements. Here, tourists can visit the famous Neamt Fortress, monasteries like Agapia, Varatec, Agapia Veche, Horaita, Neamt, Secu, Sihastria, hermitages like Sihla, Icoana Veche, Icoana Noua, Pocrov or Daniil Sihastrul and memorial houses like Mihail Sadoveanu, Ion Creanga, Alexandru Vlahuta or Veronica Micle.
Inside the park there are natural reserves like the Copper Forest, the Silver Forest, “Dumbrava” Oak Reserve and “Dragos Voda” Bisons and Carpathian Fauna Reserve.

Routes in Vanatori-Neamt …

Ceahlau Massif is a true natural fortress that impresses us through its greatness and harmony. Ceahlau is constantly visited by tourists that love the outdoor life style and also its history, spirituality and legends. This is the only holy mountain from Romania that is celebrated in the religious calendar on the day of August 6.
From the birth of the world this mountain was created to be a place of prayers and shepherds. The mighty Ceahlau is surrounded by legends strongly connected to the stones from the mountain that impresses us …

On the area where there also is “Palatul Cnejilor” Palace there is also “Pogorarea Sfantului Duh” Church (The Descent of the Holy Spirit Church) that dates from 1639. The church was built on the expense of the brother of ruler Vasile Lupu, Gheorghe and was raised on the place where used to be the old Hangu Hermitage. The boyars of Cantacuzino family forced the monks to leave that place in order to build “Palatul Cnejilor” Palace.
The church was made of stone and bricks with a bell tower on the north …