| GPS | (47.515313; 26.197853) |
| district | Suceava |
| region | Horodniceni |
| locality | Horodniceni |
| address | |
| category | Museums, including the house museums |
| year | SecXIX |
| ethnic | Romanians |
In 1840, near Fălticeni, in Horodniceni commune, Rotopănești village, there is the House of Nicolae Istrate, where in 1840 operated the first girls' school and rural theatre. Nicolae Istrati (1818-1861) was a Moldavian writer and politician, who acted also as Minister of Moldavia, the main ideologist of separatists from the principality of Moldavia. Self-taught and with a better culture, Nicolae Istrati addresses an impressive range of different genres: drama, essay, poetry, newspaper column, historical documents publishing. Moreover, a series of fragments his of belletristic work are spread throughout the periodicals of the time. Starting with 1840, Nicolae Istrati unfolds a continuous journalistic activity, writing articles of history, literature, theatres, poems, fables and romance.
