The "Ascension" Monastery in Neamţ was built on the traces of the church raised between 1376 and 1391 by Petru I Muşat. The monastery has three bodies of historic buildings that were raised during the 14th - 19th centuries, last time restored in 1997, as well as a series of new buildings raised between 1997 and 2003. The monastery has a rich museum comprising over 19,000 rare books, four sets of garments (from the 19th - 20th centuries), five temples from the 18th - 20th centuries, precious stones plating silverware, eight tombstones, printing devices etc.