Send Gift Baskets to Piatra Neamț, Romania

The area around Piatra Neamţ is one of Romania’s oldest inhabited areas. Around 100,000 BCE, the earliest traces of human civilization can be found on the present territory. A remarkable number of settlements (approximately 150) on the part of Neamţ county are evidence of the Cucuteni culture, which lasted around 1000 years (3600-2600 BCE). A vital museum collection of Aeneolithic artifacts was unearthed during archaeological excavations. Furthermore, archaeologists have discovered objects from the Neolithic Period and the Bronze Age (around 1900-1700 BCE) here.

Excavations just outside the city revealed the ruins of Petrodava, a large Dacian city mentioned by Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. There was a golden age for the whole complex between the first century BCE and the first century C.E. Bâtca Doamnei is notable for its citadel, which contains shrines similar to those in the Orăştie Mountains. Regarding the existence of a local leader, historians tend to suggest that Petrodava is the very center of the Kingdom of Dicomes. Strongholds without peers in Moldavia and Wallachia are evidence of a powerful political and military center both during the time of Burebista and before Decebalus. Piatra lui Crăciun, or Camena, a market town, was documented in the 15th century.

Pieatra lui Crăciun, Roman, and Neamţ were the first urban settlements established under Petru I Muşat (1375–1391). During the same consolidation period of the Moldavian principality east of the Carpathians, the Neamț citadel was erected. Its documentary attestation dates back to February 2, 1395. A document dated April 20, 1491, mentions the Princely Court of Piatra Neamţ, which was founded between 1468 and 1475 under Stephen the Great, the Princely Cathedral being built in 1497–1498, and the 20 m (65.62 ft) tall Bell Tower being built in 1499.