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Piatra Neamţ is
the capital city of Neamţ county, Moldova, eastern Romania. It lies in the Bistriţa River Valley, surrounded by
mountains - Pietricica (590 m), Cozla (679 m), Cernegura (852 m),
Bâtca Doamnei (462 m) and Cârloman (617 m), at an average height of
345 m. The city has all the advantages offered by a kind and unique
nature.
The city is located 350 km north of the capital city of
Bucharest, in the historical region of Moldavia. The nearest airport
is Bacău, situated at 60 km south. Piatra Neamţ is linked by
Romanian railway trunk number 509 to Bucharest and Iaşi and by DN15
national road to Bacău (therefore DN2 to Bucharest), Iaşi, Suceava
and Târgu Mureş (Transylvania).
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Piatra Neamţ
Ceahlaul Stadium
A Central street in Piatra Neamt
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The city's main attraction are the natural beauty of the area (the
mountains and the lakes), the hystorical buildings, the museums and the
festivals.
Today, there are several programs in progress with the goal of
transforming Piatra Neamţ into an important touristic destination in
Romania (the construction of the cable car ref in Romanian and the
wintersports facilities).
Landmarks:
Stephen's tower (the city symbol), built by Ştefan cel Mare in 1499.
St John The Baptist church (1497-1498)
The Princely Court
The History & Archaeology Museum (host of the Cucuteni exhibition, the
largest Aeneolithic artifacts collection in southeastern Europe)
The Fine Arts Museum
The Natural Sciences Museum
The "Calistrat Hogaş" Memorial Museum
The "Schimbarea la Faţă" Wooden Church in Văleni
The Bistriţa Monastery, founded in the early 15th century, is 8 km (5 mi)
west of the city
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The city's industries include a fertilizer plant, a pulp and paper
mill, and several food-processing plants. In the city are also
located an agricultural machinery plant (Mecanica Ceahlău), a
pharmaceutical plant (Plantavorel) and two paper manufacturers.
The city's main industrial park is situated 11 km south, in the
Săvineşti area. During the communist period, the Săvineşti platform
was one of the most important chemical plants in Romania and the
site of a research institute. Today, the industrial facility is part
of the Italian group Radici, and it operates at a very low capacity.
In the recent period, the most important Romanian commercial
brands originating from Piatra Neamţ are Rifil (synthetic fibers
manufacturer), Altex (Media Galaxy) (TV, hi-fi, home appliances
national dealer), Köber (paints manufacturer), and Dasimpex (mobile
phones dealer).
Culture and Education
Piatra Neamţ is home to Teatrul Tineretului (Youth's Theatre), G.
T. Kirileanu library and many cultural events, including the
International Theatre Festival in the springtime, the classical
music event Vacanţe muzicale (musical holydays) in the summertime
and more folkloric festivals all year round.
The "Petru Rareş" national college, "Calistrat Hogaş" national
college, as well as "Victor Brauner" fine arts college are located
here.
Sports
FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ is the local football (soccer) team;
best performance : 4th round in UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1999 after two
matches versus Juventus Turin. Currently it plays in the first
national league - Liga I .
Former Fibrex Săvineşti, actually HCM Piatra Neamţ is the local
men's handball team, three times champions of Romania and two times
winners of Handball Romania's Cup.
CV Unic Piatra Neamţ is the local women's volleyball team.
Piatra Neamţ is the residence of Constantin "Ticu" Lăcătuşu, the
first Romanian alpinist who reached the top of Mount Everest.
The Piatra Neamţ Equestrian Stadium (Baza Hipică) is the host of
several show jumping and dressage international competitions.
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Early Piatra Neamţ History
Neamţ Monastery
The area around Piatra Neamţ is one of the oldest inhabited areas in
Romania. The oldest traces of human civilisation in the present territory
date back to the higher Paleolithic, about 100,000 years BCE.
The Cucuteni
culture, whose development lasted approximately one thousand years (ca.
3600-2600 BCE) was attested in the territory of Neamţ county by a
remarkable number of settlements (approx. 150), archaeological diggings
unearthing important museum collections of Aeneolithic artifacts.
Archaeologists have also discovered objects here dating back to the
Neolithic Period and the Bronze Age (about 1900-1700 BCE.
Excavations just outside the city revealed the ruins of a large Dacian
city, Petrodava, mentioned by Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
The whole compound had its heyday between the first century BCE and the
first century CE. Standing out is the citadel at Bîtca Doamnei which
contains shrines resembling those identified in the Orăştiei Mountains.
As
far as the existence of a local leader is concerned, historians tend to
suggest the identification of the Kingdom of Dicomes in the very political
centre at Petrodava. The complex of strongholds without peer in Moldavia
and Wallachia is evidence as to a powerful political and military centre
both in Burebista’s time and in the period that preceded the reign of
Decebalus. The settlement was documented in the 15th century as Piatra lui
Craciun, or Camena, a market town.
The first urban settlements, which emerged under Petru I Muşat
(1375-1391), were Piatra lui Craciun, Roman and Neamţ. The Neamţ citadel,
whose documentary attestation dates back to February 2, 1395, was also
erected during the same consolidation period of the Moldovian pricipate
east of the Carpathians.
The Princely Court of Piatra Neamţ is mentioned
for the first time in a document dated April 20, 1491 being founded
between 1468 and 1475, under Stephen the Great, the Princely Cathedral
being built in 1497-1898 and the 20 m. tall Bell Tower in 1499.
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