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NEAMTZU (Neamlu)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 320 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEAMTZU (Neamlu) , a See also:town in See also:Rumania, situated among the See also:lower slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Neamtzu, an affluent of the Moldova. Pop. (1960) 8578, about See also:half being See also:Jews. Neamtzu gives its name to the See also:Department of which See also:Piatra is the See also:capital. Lying 15 m. S. by E. of Faiticheni, the nearest railway station, it has little See also:trade. Near it is the ruined fortress of Neamtzu, constructed See also:early in the 13th See also:century by the See also:Teutonic knights of See also:Andrew II., See also:king of See also:Hungary, in See also:order to repel the incursions of the Cumanians. An See also:hour's drive to the See also:west of the town is the monastery of Neamtzu, founded in the 14th century, and containing two churches and many See also:ancient and interesting See also:relics. Before the secularization of the monastic lands in 1864, it was one of the richest and most important of the Rumanian monasteries. Baltzatesti, ro m. W. by S. of Neamtzu, is locally famous for its See also:mineral springs and See also:baths.

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