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PIATRA (PEATRA)

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 574 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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