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Sinaia is about 65 kilometres (40 miles) northwest of Ploiești and 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Brașov, in a mountainous area on the Prahova River valley, just east of the Bucegi Mountains. The town's altitude varies between 767 to 860 metres (2,516 to 2,822 feet) above sea level .
Peleș Castle in summer Terrace Peleș Castle in the winter, 2014. Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ⓘ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914.
The stairs and railings have also been added during Carol I's rule. From the top of the cliffs, one can get a clear view of Prahova Valley. Prahova Valley seen from the Franz Joseph's Cliffs. Saint Anne's Cliff (Romanian: Stânca Sfintei Ana) – At its base, there is a small clearing. The rock wall had once icons on it, whose traces can still ...
The Great Church at the Sinaia Monastery. The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. As of 2005, it is inhabited by 13 Christian Orthodox monks led by hegumen Macarie Boguș.
The two groups are separated by the Prahova River Valley. The south side of the county is a plain, on the North West side of the Romanian Plain. The main river is the eponymous Prahova River. It flows from the mountains, through the Prahova Valley collecting many other rivers - the Doftana River, the Teleajen River and others.
A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife allegedly was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed an affidavit in federal court against the Trump administration ...
Predeal (pronounced [preˈde̯al]; Hungarian: Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Muntenia, Romania.Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, Muntenia at an elevation of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft).
An assailant attacked and killed two women with a knife Thursday at a shopping center in the Czech Republic, officials said, and a Czech teenager later was arrested for the crime. A motive was not ...