Stephen's Tower is the symbol of the town and can be visited, with the princely church and the cellars right beside it.
About the place
The Church of St John the Baptist was built in 1497–1498 and the bell tower was finished on 28 October 1499, according to their foundation inscriptions; the princely houses are already mentioned in a document of 1491. The church owes its present look to the 1937–1938 restoration supervised by Nicolae Iorga. The tower later gained a fire-watch storey, and the clock was added in 1890.
The cellars of the first princely house, found in 1954–1955, have been a museum since 1986: coins from the 16th–18th centuries, jewellery and replicas of medieval arms and armour. A second cellar, found in 2011, became an exhibition space in 2016. The ensemble is run by the Neamț National Museum Complex.
Good to know
- The tower and the first cellar have separate tickets, the second cellar is free, and there is a fee for taking photos, according to the museum complex.
- Closed on Mondays; from October to March it opens 9 am–5 pm, from April to September 10 am–6 pm.
- The Art Museum and the Ethnography Museum are on the same square, and the wooden Baal Shem Tov synagogue (1766) is about 250 m away on Strada Dimitrie Ernici.
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9–17 |
| Wednesday | 9–17 |
| Thursday | 9–17 |
| Friday | 9–17 |
| Saturday | 9–17 |
| Sunday | 9–17 |
Hours may change on public holidays. Check before you go.