Saturday, on April 17 2010, starting with 10:00 hours at the Equestrian Complex “Virgil Barbuceanu” from Piatra Neamt took place a special event: the opening of the equestrian school and of the equestrian competitive year. With this occasion there was a demo contest of jumping over obstacles with the participation of horses from Piatra Neamt, Targu Neamt, Bacau and Iasi.
Those that were part of this event were from the surrounding counties: Bacau, Iasi and also from Neamt County. Their participation was meant to encourage children to sign up for the …

August 09 – August 22
August 9
Let’s discover the traditional arts, 12:00
Location: the hall from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
The event is about promoting the Romanian folk
August 9 – 15
The Free Skating Cup – juniors
Piatra Neamt
August 11
Touristic routes, 10:00
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
Holiday ideas
August 13
Muse Euterpe, 16:30
Location: Room “Atelier” from Neamt County Library (Bd. Republicii no 15)
The event consists in previews and auditions commented for music lovers by dr Constantin Goilav
August 15
Bistrita Monastery Patron
Varatec Monastery Patron
“Adormirea Maicii Domnului” Church Patron (Piatra Neamt)
August 16
Let’s …

For those who are not yet convinced of how beautiful Neamt County really is, we invite them on some tourist routes across the county to discover museums, monasteries, historic monuments and nature reserves that speak about the cultural, historical and natural richness of the places.
Neamt County has a great tourist potential for museum and cultural lovers or for those who love hiking. The cultural heritage offered by the highest concentration of monasteries from Romania or memorial houses of famous Romanian writers like Ion Creanga, Calistrat Hogas or Mihail Sadoveanu can …

We started our trip to Ivanes in a gloomy morning hoping that the changing weather on top of the mountain will offer us some sun rays. After we packed our equipment and checked the batteries of the photo camera we went on the national road DN 15 from Piatra Neamt to Bicaz and then on DN 12C from Bicaz to Cheile Bicazului.
After you pass Bicaz and Tasca, you’ll reach an intersection from where you go to Damuc. You continue by car until the road intersects a secondary route with no …

In April 2010, the Art Gallery of „Carmen Saeculare” Cultural Center is hosting an artistic moment organized by the students of Professor Zenaida Rotaru. They exhibited painted icons of Byzantine influence and they’ve been working on this art project from Christmas.
Also, in this exhibition we can see ceramics influenced by Cucuteni Culture that were made by children from The Folk Art School. The opening of the exhibition took placed on April 3rd, 2010. All those that were present were deeply impressed by the works of our youngest artists.
The Icons and …

Many pilgrims choose to spend this Easter in Neamt County and witness the religious service at some of the famous monasteries that are located in this county: Agapia, Varatec, Neamt, Pangarati, Bistrita and others. Thousands of believers from all over Romania and from foreign countries came on Saturday to witness the miracle of Resurrection celebrated in monasteries and churches all over Neamt County.
The religious places were full of pilgrims that every year chose to spend the mini Easter vacation in Neamt. This religious celebration of Resurrection is the most important …

This week Piatra Neamt was dressed with ornaments and lights that remind us of the holyday that will come. Hundreds of small ornament-bunnies, lights and lots of colorful eggs were mounted on the streets.
Piatra Neamt is garnished with ornaments and lights. Every night the town offers a pleasant atmosphere and a good reason to get out and take a walk. The alleys from Tineretului Park are filled with lighted bunnies and huge eggs covered in small lights. All these attract locals and people from other towns to see how Piatra …