Churches in Roman City Roman Cityis placed in the middle of Moldavian
highlands , in Neamt county, Romania, at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers, and has the coordinates 46055' N latitude, 26055' E longitude. First mention is in ,,Letopisetul Novgorodului “ document, from 1387 . The first written document about Roman is a donation document from 30 of March 1392 . The name of the city is from the ruler Roman I Musat, the founder of the city. The most representative churches of the city are :
Roman Episcopate Cathedral Whithout any specific document which can prove the birth date of the monument, the historians accept that the most probable period of construction is 1408 – 1413, during the ruler Alexandru cel Bun, the founder of Moldavian’s churches hierarchy.
Work lasts 8 years and finished in 1550 under the supervision of Petru Rareş ruler’s wife, Lady Elena and their sons Iliaş, Ştefan şi Constantin, as it was written on the original stone of the church.
During 1990 – 2005 were finished the restoration works, painting recovering and also the bell tower, according with original plans.
"Precista Mare" Church - Roman Another important monument , very close with the previous, is "Precista Mare" Church. It belongs to so called ,,voievodal settlements” , as a result of effort and sacrifices of Lady Ruxandra, the widow of ruler Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, which finished the monument in 1569. The works were made in the first period of short ruling of Bogdan Lăpuşneanu (1568-1572) .
The church were many times retored : in 1753 by the Ionichie Bishop during Constantin Racovita ruler, in 1784 by Gherasim Putneanul egumen, in 1944 si 1977 as a result of strong earthquarke. The most valuable is a collection of 40 painted icons during 1793-1794, by anonymous painters , for Gherasim Putneanul.
"Precista Mică" Church - Roman "Precista Mică" Church (str. Sucidava) was built in a place of an oldest wood church from XVIII century . The work begun in 1791 under the supervision of Constantin priest (son of priest Ioniţă), but the church was available for people even if it wasn’t ready until 1826.
Monument has a simple plan, a cross shape, in Moldavian style , specific for XVIII century. Whithout any tower, the bell tower was built apart from the church, and the ,,pridvor” was ready in 1855.
Partially destroyed by an earthquarke from 1946, the monument was restored in 1946 and repainted after 1990.
White Church ,,Biserica Alba” - Roman The act which confirms the ,,birth” of the monument is a ,,hrisov” from 2 May 1753 , issued by "Ştefan Vodă cel Bun" (Stefan cel Mare), the founder of the White church , also called "Constantin and Elena" church. After 1695 the White Churche suffered a lot of restoration works, which does not affected the original structure .Major restoration works were made in în 1928 ( when a ,,pridvor” was added), in 1971, 1979 and more recent in 1985, with strong consolidation works.
Church "Sf. Nicolae" - Roman With some probability, this monument was built in 1600 and also exists a written prove called "mărturisirea hotarnică" from 3 September 1752 asked by the ruler Constantin Cehan Racoviţă de from Ioanichie Bishop from Romanului.
The old wood church was replaced by actual church, made by bricks between 1747-1769.
The latin inscription , above the emperor icons, states that the ,,iconostasul” was a donation of Gherasim, the Bishop of al Romanului, in 1816. Very interesting are two wood painted icons from XVIII century and a giant candel donated in 1707 by rroma community.
Armenian Church - Roman The Armenian community from Roma decided to build its own church , finished in 1609, as it is written on the original stone. On the North wall we can read that the configuration of present monument is a result of recent workexecuted between 1863-1868 under the supervision of Bavarian architect Johan Brandel de Daggendorf. Because the Armenian community encompasses only few families, and the church was closed, Armenian episcopate from Bucharest decided to cease the monument to Roman Episcopate for an endless period.