Neamţ Fortress

One of the most loved attraction, especially for little ones, the Bison Reservation Dragoş Vodă, where you have the opportunity to see an animal disappeared from Romania but brought back: the bison.  Beside bison, there is also o small zoological garden where live a few Carpathian deer, paddle deer, deer, bears and different kind of birds. VISITING HOURS: Monday-Sunday 10 am - 6 pm ACCESS FEES: Adults 15 RON and children 7 RON.  There are discounts for groups over 10 persons (adults 12 RON, children 5 RON). 

The "Alexandru Vlahuță" house in Agapia is a small memorial museum established in the house where the writer Alexandru Vlahuță lived (1858-1919). The house was built of wood in 1885, near the Agapia Monastery (Neamț County). The Mitropoly of Moldavia and Suceava carried out consolidation and restoration works of the house where the writer lived. In 1963, a memorial exhibition was organized in this house that includes original furniture and personal items of the Vlahuță family, as well as photographies, letters and books that reveal significant aspects of the life and work of the well-known writer. Currently, literary gatherings are organized on the porch of the house.

The monastery is located on the valley of the stream Agapia and is surrounded everyway by high mountains and secular forests and on the bottom by orchard, flowers gardens that adorn nuns yards and houses creating a unique landscape. Agapia Monastery is adorned with painted saints made by Nicolae Grigorescu between years 1858-1861.

It is the biggest nuns monastery from Romania, founded by nun Olimpiada in year 1785.

Founded in year 2005, works in the building built by Carol Zane in years 1928-1930 and decorated by carver Vicenzo Puschiasis. The remains discovered in the field, in over 150 archaeological sites, over six decades form the exceptional heritage of this museum. Cucuteni culture represents the most important civilisation of "Old Europe" and is the last culture with painted ceramics from Europe. The museum exhibition contain almost 300 pieces arranged on two levels and three rooms. Here it can be admired objects of ceramics painted in three colors, figurative-plastic art objects anthropomorph and zoomorph, decorative art objects applied on vase, all representative for all the fases of development of this culture. Visiting hours: Everyday from 09 to 17 (October to March); from 10 to 18 (April to September) Monday: Closed

In the historic city center, next Royal Church "Saint Ioan Domnesc", is located the Bell Tower or Ștefan's the Great Tower. Built in year 1499, one year away from the building of the church. On the front of the tower it can be seen brickworks and the famous small discs of enamel and colored terracotta. Nowadays in the room of bells it can be find four bells: the big one from 17th century, has an unique sound, one from the 19th century and another two bells that was cast recently. An urban legend says that in Ștefan's the Great Tower lived almost 26 years old Gheorghe Lazăr, a real pilgrim, unique for his spiritual life. On the half of 19th century it's made the heightening of the tower, above the last medieval level creating a room for "fire watchers". The device of the first big clock of the Bell Tower was brought from Viena in year 1861. Over the time the device of the clock has been changed several times and the actual one was installed in year 1920 with the contribution of merchants from the area.

First documentary attestation of Royal Court of Piatra-Neamț shows in a document realeased in year 1491. The Royal Court from Piatra-Neamț had acomplished the duties of court of Moldova rulers until 17th century. Starting with year 2010, Royal Court Esembly had began a wide process of rehabilitation. The beautiful foundation of Ștefan the Great is still preserved today in Piatra-Neamț City beeing know as historic city center.  Located on a plateau around which it has developed the actual city, architectural complex is formed by "Saint Ioan Domnesc" Church, Bell Tower and the wall of the enclosure with the Royal Court Museum.