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