Archaeology Museum Piatra Neamt
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- The History & Archaeology Museum in Piatra NeamţPiatra NeamtPiatra Neamț , , ; is the capital city of Neamţ County, in the historical region of Moldavia, eastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is considered one of the most picturesque cities in Romania...
, RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
was founded at the beginning of the 20th century by Constantin Matasă, minister and amateur archaeologist.
- The museum shelters the most important collection of Cucuteni cultureCucuteni cultureThe Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, also known as Cucuteni culture , Trypillian culture or Tripolye culture , is a late Neolithic archaeological culture which flourished between ca...
artifacts and it is the home of the Cucuteni Research Centre. The famous piece, Hora de la Frumuşica ("The Frumuşica Dance", the symbol of Cucuteni culture), can be found herehttp://www.neamt.ro/cmj/istorie/cucuteni/imagini/Cucuteni_005.htm.
External links
- 360 Virtual Tour of the museum (in Romanian)
- About the museum (in Romanian)
- Virtual expo (in Romanian)