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[26 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
The catholic church “St Queen Mary” from Tamaseni – Neamt County

Address: village Tamaseni, Neamt County
Built: between 1956 and 1958 by priest Wilhelm Clain
Short description
Starting from the centuries XV-XVI the Catholics are mentioned in documents here at Tamaseni. Because of the Turks invasion and of the road to Poland, the people from these villages went into the forests near the river Siret where we can find the today location of the village. The first church was built in the year 1862 by the priest Valentin Ferenczy with the brick obtained by demolishing a big inn that belonged to the church.
The present …

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[24 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Address: str Dimitrie Ernici nr.7, Piatra Neamt, Neamt County
Built: 1766
The Synagogue of Wood from Piatra Neamt was built in 1766, to replace the old synagogue made of stone – this information was documented in 19 July 1776 in a royal decree from Grigore the III Ghica. The building is near the walls of the Royal Court and it’s not more than 300 m to an orthodox church. The building is so old that it existed there before Stefan the Great started to build the architectural complex called the Royal Court. …

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[24 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Episcopal Cathedral St Parascheva from Roman

Address: str. Alexandru cel Bun nr.5, Roman, Neamt County
Built: between 1542 – 1550 by Petru Rares and his son, Ilas
Short description
The Episcopal Cathedral from Roman of which patron is St Parascheva was built in the XVI century and over the time was restored few times without affecting its original architectural shape. These days the church is really impressive because of the inner paintings that were made in three stages: in the centuries XVI, XVIII and XIX. Only the entrance and some of the interior places still keep the original painting …

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[24 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Armenian Church from Roman – Neamt County

Address: Str. Veronica Micle nr. 13, Roman, Neamt County
Built: 1609 by Agopsa
Short description
The Armenian Church from Roman was built on the place of an old church that was bought from the Sasi in 1335. The architecture is elegant and simple. In the XIX century, near the church was built the bell-tower and some ornaments. The church is in the shape of a cross, with 19 windows and two towers with stone sculpted ornaments.
Between 1830 and 1831 the church and its inner wall that separates the altar from the rest of …

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[24 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
The church St Nicolas from Roznov – Neamt County

Address: city of Roznov, Neamt County
Built: 1884-1892 by Colonel Gheorghe Ruset Roznovanu
The church is located in the park from the city of Roznov and it was built at the end of the XIX century by the famous political man, the colonel Gheorghe Ruset Roznovanu, in memory of his sun Alexandru who died at the age of 20 by pneumonia. The building has an unusual architecture for the area at it resembles a church with Russian influences in its architecture. This is due to the connections between the colonel’s family and …