NEAMT COUNTY

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Capital city

Piatra Neamt

Population

Area

5.896 km²

Towns

Bicaz , Roznov , Tārgu Neamt

ECONOMY
The predominant industries in the county are:

• Chemical industry.
• Mechanical parts manufacturing.
• Textile industry.
• Food industry.
• Construction materials.

In the mountains, along the Bistrita River there is one of the greatest dams in Romania.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
 Neamt county is known as the region with most monasteries per square kilometer in the world. It boasts a rich and varied landscape, with elements of great beauty, and lots of cultural and historical vestiges. The local people are renowned for their hospitality. The Moldavian art style, of great originality and stylistic unity, was developed by blending Gothic elements with the Byzantine structure specific to the churches. Among such constructions, the monumental church of the Neamt Monastery served, for more than a century, as a model for Moldavian churches and monasteries.

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

• The city of Piatra Neamt with its medieval fortifications.
• The Monasteries of Northern Moldavia:
  • Agapia Monastery
  • Neamt Monastery
  • Varatec Monastery
  • Bistrita Monastery
  • Pāngarati Monastery
  • Secu Monastery
  • Sihastria Monastery
• The Neamt Citadel
• The Ceahlau National Park
• The Bicaz Canyon - "Cheile Bicazului"
• The city of Roman.
• The Durau Ski Resort