Neamț Monastery

Neamţ Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox male monastery located in the northeast of Romania 10 km west of Târgu Neamţ in Neamţ County.The monastery was founded at the time of Prince Petru Muşat (1371-1375). Later under Alexandru cel Bun was repaired. The present monastery church was built by Stefan the Great. It was completed in 1497, when the Moldovan army won a battle against the Polish King John I Albrecht.In its heyday, the monastery was an important cultural center with schools of miniature painting and calligraphy. Some well-preserved pieces can still be seen in the monastery's museum. The monastery library also has many rare books. Among them are some first editions within Romania.You can stay in a guest house - the food and the homemade wine is very exquisite. :)