Autumn is here and the multiple colors of nature form spectacular autumn sceneries that make you want to go on an outdoor walk. A small escape from the daily routine is necessary in order to fully experience this special season that is autumn. We recommend you to visit Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorge), an area famous in Romania for its spectacular sceneries.
Cheile Bicazului (Bicaz Gorge) are located in the Oriental Carpathians and represent the connection between Moldova and Transilvania. The gorge is the result of Bicaz and its tributary creeks that …

Between November 3 and November 6 2010, in Piatra Neamt will take place the first edition of an exhibition of Naïve Art, organized by “Carmen Saeculare” Cultural and Art Center. The event will take place at the gallery of the Folk School from Piatra Neamt, located in Mihail Kogalniceanu Plaza, bl H4, ground floor. The exhibition will contain works from artists that represent the Romanian Naïve Art with great success: Ioan Maric and Catinca Popescu (from Bacau), Gheorghe Ciobanu (from Baltati, Iasi county), Valentina Acasandrei (from Iasi) and Cecilia Haisan …

The two weeks of theatre festival at Piatra Neamt are over: Saturday, November 30 2010 was the award gala. The festival, which is the oldest of its kind from Romania, offered a great theatrical experience to the public by presenting shows put together by young artists.
At the 25 edition of “Pledez pentru Tine(ri)” Festival from Piatra Neamt participated 24 shows: 10 shows for the Section “Theatre Schools” and 14 shows for the Section Professionals. Beside the theatre shows that were listed for the contest, the public had the chance of …

November 01 – 14 2010
November 1
Arlechin Gong!, 11:00
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library
November 3
Arlechin Gong!, 11:00
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library
Mountain Troopers Days
Location: Targu Neamt
November 4
Pleading for beauty: The concert from Australia performed by Ivan Rebroff, 11:00
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library
November 5
Sadoveniana or literature as destiny (130 years from the birth of the writer Mihail Sadoveanu – November 5 1880)
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library
Muse Euterpe, 16:30
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
The event consists in previews and auditions commented for …

“Adormirea Maicii Domnului” means “The Death of St Mary Mother of Jesus”. This church from Agapia Monastery represents the secondary church of the monastery. The building is located a few meters away from the monastery, outside its walls, among the houses that belong to the nuns.
With a beautiful architecture, the wooden church was built with three towers each with an octagonal shape. We don’t know exactly when this church was built but the historians are placing the “birth” of this religious settlement either in the XVIII century or in the …

A wonderful bouquet of colors can be seen these days in Piatra Neamt. The first days of autumn have come! The warm summer days are now gone and in their place we feel the cool breeze of autumn season.
The leaves are now yellow, red, orange and brown. One by one they fall from trees at the slightest wind breeze. Only the warm rays of the sun stay now between autumn and winter. The wind carries on its wings the smell of ripe fruits and the blue color of the sky …

According to historians, Neamt Monastery was built in XIV century and is the oldest Orthodox monastery from Moldova. The monastery is located in Vanatori village, from Neamt County, near Targu Neamt on the valley of Nemtisor Creek. The monastery is also known as “The Jerusalem of the Romanian Orthodoxy”.
Neamt Monastery has a incredible collection of religious objects, paintings, manuscripts and old typography pieces that have a great historic, religious, cultural and artistic value. Also, here there is the oldest religious library with over 18,000 books.
Neamt Monastery location and its Hermitages
Inside …