In the monastic village near Agapia, on a hillside, mother Elizabeth Strajescu, sister of the writer, built in 1885, a small wooden house with porch where after his mother moved. In this house, the writer Alexandru Vlahuţă (1858-1919) came in summer to rest. Sometimes was bringing his friends, Caragiale (1852-1912), Slavici (1848-1925), Delavrancea (1858-1918), Haşdeu (1838-1907), Octavian Goga (1881-1938) and Paul Bujor (1862- 1952), among which includes, of course, and painter Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907), who painted the monastery church. Alexander Vlahuţă Memorial House is now a memorial museum established in 1958. In the …

Formed in 1962, when it was constructed the hydropower plant with the same name, the lake is situated at an altitude of 325 meters, has an area of ​​240 hectares, the maximum width of 1 km, length of 3.2 km and a depth of about 15 meters. It is fed by the river Bistrita and brook Doamna, right affluent of the lake. Bâtca Doamnei Lake is located right at the edge of Piatra Neamt County, near the city’s ring road, at the exit towards Bicaz. Being an oasis of tranquility and recreation for …

Unique in Europe these days, Synagogue Cathedral   Baal Shem Tov , built in 1763, is one of the most important heritage buildings in Piatra Neamt. Local legend says that Rabbi Eliezer ben Israel, known as the Baal Shem Tov (1698 – 1760), founder of Hasidism, retired in Ceahlău mountains, and on the sabbath day he descends to pray in the synagogue. New researches made ​​during renovations in 2007-2009 found that is built on the site of an ancient stone synagogue dating from the sixteenth century. The ship rectangular shape and joining techniques of the thick …

Zoological Park, located on Stefan cel Mare street, was arranged between 1900-1904 by Nicu Albu, mayor of the city Piatra Neamt at that time. Considered one of the finest zoos in Romania, always clean and well cared for, here you can admire various species of animals representing the fauna of our country and other regions of the world. Thus, visitors of all ages can admire the brown bear with its massive body over 2m and weighing about 600kg, wolf, porcupine, which is the third largest member of the rodent family, whose …

In Piatra Neamt, events occasioned by the celebration of the Union have started on 21st of January at the Museum of History and Archaeology, where it was held the symposium The Union, the nation did it!, manifestation in collaboration with The Garrison, The Military Circle, Association of Reserve and Retired Officers in Piatra Neamt, with the participation of students from the School of Arts Victor Brauner, who performed a concert of classical music in the presence of a large audience. On 22nd of January, organized by Inspectorate of Education, County Association of Teachers of History, at …

In a natural setting of a special picturesque, on the Nechit creek valley is the monastery with the same name. The old monastic settlement exists there from XIV century. The statement is considering a document from 1399 which mentions the existence of Nechit Hermitage with dedication day St. Nicholas, near it being “a village, a mill and a pasture” as well as a charter of Alexander the Good, from the year 1419, which is speaking about Nechit Hermitage from The Field of Dragos. However, legend says that, after having raised Tazlău Monastery, …

4 km from the center of Piatra Neamt, Bâtca Doamnei is a height of about 45o meters, torn from the mountain range with steep slopes that descend to the lake of the same name. A modernized road rocky comes forward to her rocky foothills, then a wide path climbs gently up the ridge and brings us near the ruins of the Dacian fortress, one of the most interesting and ancient fortifications commented from Moldova, discovered by Constantin Matasa, in the year 1928 .
It is the oldest monument of the county, …