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PIATRA (PEATRA)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 574 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIATRA (PEATRA) , the See also:capital of the See also:department of See also:Neamtzu, See also:Rumania, situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Bistritza, where it cuts a way through the Carpathian foothills. Pop. (1900), 17,391. A See also:branch railway passes through the See also:town, and at See also:Bacau meets the See also:main See also:line from See also:Czernowitz in Bukowina to See also:Galatz. The See also:church of St See also:John's (or the See also:Prince's) monastery was founded in 1497 by See also:Stephen the See also:Great. There are saw-See also:mills and textile factories in Piatra, which has a considerable See also:trade in See also:wine and See also:timber. Neamtzu is one of the most densely forested regions in See also:Moldavia. See also:Lumber rafts are floated down the Bistritza to the Sereth, and so on to Galatz. There are several monasteries in the neighbourhood.

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