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Tarcau Monastery – Neamt County

Tarcau Monastery is located on the Tarcau Valley, at 43 km from Piatra Neamt, between the villages Brates and Ardeluta. You can reach the monastery by following the road that starts in Tarcau from the National Road that connect Piatra Neamt to Bicaz.
Address: village Tarcau, Neamt County
The patron of Tarcau monastery: “The Sunday of all Saints”
Year of construction: built in 1833 by Avramie
Tarcau Monastery: short history

The church from Tarcau Monastery, that bares the patron “The Sunday of all Saints” was built in 1833 by Avramie. From the start, the …

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Razboieni Monastery – Neamt County

Razboieni Monastery is located in the village Razboieni, at 25 km from Piatra Neamt and 35 km from Targu Neamt.
Tel: +(40) 233 29 29 12
The patron of the monastery: “St Mihail and St Gavril” celebrated on 8th of November
Year of the construction: built in 1496 by Stefan cel Mare
Short history of Razboieni Monastery

Razboieni Monastery was built by Stefan cel Mare in 1496, two decades after the battle from “Valea Alba” Valley. The church is actually a mausoleum, the only one of its kind from Romania, specially built to host the …

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Pestera Monastery – Neamt County

Location: The Pestera Monsatery is located in the village Garcina, 7 km from the city of Piatra Neamt.
Address: Garcina, village Garcina, Neamt County
Tel: 0233242342
The patron of the monastery: “The entrance in the church of St Mary Mother of Christ”, celebrated on 21st of November and “The Holly Trinity” celebrated the second day after Rusalii.
Year of the construction: 1997
Short history
The abbot of the monastery, father Neofit Amariei, was a monk in the Bistrita Monastery and the founder of the hermitage from the Mountain Pietricica. In 1993, father Neofit Amariei will found …

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Dumbravele Monastery – Neamt County

Location: Dumbravele Monastery is located in the village Oslobeni, 27 km south of Targu Neamt and 23 km north of Piatra Neamt
Address: Oslobeni, village Bodesti, Neamt County
The patron of the monastery: “St Petru and Pave”, celebrated on 29 of June and “The Birth of St Mary” celebrated on 8 of September
Year of the construction: built between 1994 and 2002 by the abbot Pavel Todirita
Short history
Dumbravele Monastery has its origins in a hermitage built in 1712 by some monks, in the middle of an oak forest. The name of this forest …

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Buhalnita Monastery – Neamt County

Location: At 50 km from Piatra Neamt, in the village Hangu
Address: Buhalnita, village Hangu, Neamt County
The patron of the monastery: “The Entrance in the Church of the St Mary – Mother of Christ” and “St Joan the New from Suceava”
Year of construction: built in 1629 by Miron Barnovshi on the place of a wooden church built by Stefan cel Mare.
Short history
The Monastery from Buhalnita is first mentioned in a document from 1458 which also says that the founder Stefan cel Mare place it under the supervision of the Neamt Monastery. …

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Braditel Monastery – Neamt County

Location: the Braditel Monastery is located on the hill Braditel from the village Bodesti at 30 km north of the town Piatra Neamt. From DN 15C Piatra Neamt – Targul Neamt the access is made on a stone paved road.
Address: village Bodesti, Neamt County
Year of construction: 1927
Short history
The Braditel Monastery looks like an old stronghold. This place was often used as shelter and defense point. The trouble past of this place begins in 1927 when few priests, monks and nuns were forced to leave their monasteries and go into the …