The poet Ion Pillat is recognized as one old-fashioned and noble poets, appreciated especially for the book „On Arges river upwards” of 1923. He spent his childhood in the neighbourhood of Darabani. Years later he moved for good to Miorcani, where he could manage the affairs of Dorohoi county, that he ruled as a president. Ion Pillat published nearly 20 volumes of poetry and edited others (for Macedonski and Bacovia). His mansion dates back from 1830.