The ruler Alexandru cel Bun supported the Orthodox Church to become a powerful institution and also created the Episcopate of Roman. He raised the church from Roman at the rank of Episcopate Cathedral. On September 13 2009 with the accord of the High Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church the Episcopate of Roman was raised at the rank of Archiepiscopate of Roman and Bacau.
Inside this religious complex are exposed a series of historical objects that represent true treasures of our past. There a series of embroideries, silver pieces, wood sculptures …

Neamt County is a place of legend, history and culture with a rare beauty that overwhelms every visitor. It’s just what happened with the writer Mihail Sadoveanu that spent his last years in a house near Neamt Monastery.
He knew this place from 1920 when a friend became a monk at Vovidenia Hermitage. About the life of this monk Sadoveanu talks in his book The Demon of Youth, written in 1928 while he was at Vovidenia. Sadoveanu was fascinated of this place, of the forests that surrounded Vovidenia and he said …

Secu Valley has a special charm and is a place where over time religious settlements were built where hundreds of religious believers come every day. The road that goes to these monasteries is located 12 km from the place where our great writer Ion Creanga was born. After 4 km of old forests and rocks you encounter Secu Monastery, a religious settlement of over 500 years old.
The archeological diggings revealed that the religious life existed here long before Secu Monastery and this proofs the connection with the old Tracic – …

The old traditions are still kept alive in Neamt County and the creations of the local artisans are proof of this. They manage to create true popular art objects that once were part of the daily tasks but now are just simple decorative objects.
The wood working craft is interesting through the variety of techniques used in creating the objects and the importance that these objects had in a traditional house. Weaving has also a special place in our traditions and that is why many weaved objects were used to decorate …

Neamt County is full of charm both for tourists that come here every year as well for those that visit these places for the first time. Even though summer is gone and autumn is knocking on our door you can still spend a great time in some impressive landscapes.
The natural parks from Neamt County offer great ways to spend your vacation by relaxing in outdoors or hiking on mountain trails. These places are a great alternative of spending your free time and are also great stress relievers where nature is …

Neamt County is, without doubt, a place of some of the most beautiful religious settlements in Romania. From monuments of Gothic architecture to the Byzantine style, the religious settlements from Neamt County are known for its unique beauty. We invite you to discover three monasteries that are famous for its interior painting.
Agapia Monastery was built in the XVII century with an interior painting made by Nicolae Grigorescu between 1858 and 1861. Although he was only 20 years old when he started to paint the interior of the church, Grigorescu manages …

Between September 22 and 30 2013 at “Lascar Vorel” Galleries from Piatra Neamt can be visited a personal exhibition of the painter Gheorghe Cuciureanu. Born on April 19 1958 in Piatra Neamt, the artist followed the courses from “Ion Andreescu” Art Faculty from Cluj Napoca at Decorative Art section. After he finished his studies he was a drawing teacher at a school from Ramnicu Valcea. These days he teaches drawing at the art high school from Piatra Neamt.
His debut took place in 1975 with a personal exhibition containing 18 landscapes …