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Sinaia (Romanian pronunciation:) is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai.
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 Franz Joseph's Cliffs (Romanian: Stâncile lui Francisc Iosif) are located in the Bucegi Mountains near Sinaia, Prahova Valley, Romania.They are situated in close proximity to the Royal Meadow, used often by former Romanian monarchs to host feasts for their most important guests.
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 Prahova Valley is one of the areas with the highest tourist potential in the country having one of the best tourism facilities in Romania. The main tourist destinations are: On the Prahova Valley: The Sinaia Resort. The Bușteni Resort. The Azuga Resort. The Bucegi Mountains. On the Teleajen River Valley: The Vălenii de Munte Resort. Cheia ...
The northern part of the station building has been transformed into a model railway exhibition, which is open to the public most days. Beyond the model exhibition, several static displays of railway memorabilia are exhibited on the platform, including the 230 series 4-6-0 steam locomotive number 230.039, built in 1907 at the German LINCKE ...
The royal family was to assume legal possession of it and lease it to the Romanian state, so that it will remain in its current status. The main castle of Peleș is already under lease, but negotiations for other villas and chateaus are on going. King Michael I of Romania maintained that Pelișor would remain a private residence for the royal ...
Sketch of a monumental entry. Extract from Toma T. Socolescu 's sketches notebook.. Toma T. Socolescu marked the face of modern Romanian architecture until the Second World War, both by leaving a substantial legacy, both in terms of remarkable constructions, foundations of a cultural nature, and literature related to Romanian architecture and its evolution.