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Ioan Botezătorul), located at 2 Piața Libertății, Piatra Neamț, Romania, is a Romanian Orthodox church. Established by Prince Stephen the Great of Moldavia, it was built in 1497-1498 as part of his royal court in the town. The bell tower dates to the year after the church was completed, and is a symbol of the city.
Starting with January 2009, Piatra Neamț is the host of a short film festival called "Filmul de Piatra" (derived from the name of the city "Piatra" which means stone (rock) and translated as "Stone-film Festival"). The 1st edition took place in the building of Teatrul Tineretului and other locations between 7th and 11 January 2009.
The natural area of Piatra Craiului Massif was established on 28 March 1938 by a decision of the Council of Ministers, published in the Journal of the Council of Ministers No. 645 of 1938, and in the course of time the protected area increased its area in several stages, [3] and in 1990 the area was declared a national park and reconfirmed by Law No. 5 of 6 March 2000 (on the approval of the ...
The Bistrița Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Bistrița, pronounced [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 8 km west of Piatra Neamț. It was dedicated in 1402, having as original ctitor the Moldavian Voivode Alexandru cel Bun whose remains are buried here. The church is historically and archaeologically valuable.
It is situated 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the town of Roznov and 19 km (12 mi) south of the county seat, Piatra Neamț. The river Calul flows through the villages of Poieni and Piatra Șoimului, while the river Iapa flows through Negulești and Luminiș; both rivers discharge into the Bistrița in Chintinici.
The History & Archaeology Museum in Piatra Neamț, Romania, was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Constantin Matasă, a minister and amateur archaeologist. The museum houses the most important collection of Cucuteni culture artifacts and it is the home of the Cucuteni Research Centre. The famous piece, Hora de la Frumuşica ("The ...
Lack of reliable information on the origins of Neamț Fortress had resulted in several hypotheses whose reliability was often questioned. A number of historians and philologists, as A.D. Xenopol, B.P. Hasdeu, D. Onciul consider that - according to the papal bull of 1232 - the Teutonic Knights of Bârsa had built between 1211–1225 on the eastern slope of the Carpathians a castrum muntissimum ...
The 14th-century church The Neamț Monastery, 19th-century painting by Gheorghe Șiller Detail of the tower church. The Neamț Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Neamț) is a Romanian Orthodox religious settlement, one of the oldest and most important of its kind in Romania.