Weekday Wanderlust | Places: The Peles Castle in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania
Thursday 14th December, 2017
Grounds of Peles Castle via Travel Tweaks
This takes us back to the castle, for it was the late king's father, Carol I, who, after visiting the small village of Sinaia, was captivated by its scenic location and commissioned the construction of the Peles Castle in the foothills of the Bucegi mountains in the 1860s as a summer retreat. It took 10 years for construction to be completed. The ornate 160-room palace was built in a Neo-Renaissance style and each room had its own identity and theme.
Decoration varied at the castle: from the movie theater, whose walls and ceilings were decorated with frescoes by Austrian artists Gustav Klimt and Franz von Matsch, to a 4,000-piece collection of weaponry from Europe and Asia on display in the Weapons Room. The Music Room contained intricate pieces of teak furniture gifted by the Indian Maharajah of Kapurtala.
The royal residence was filled with silk rugs, Murano glass, carved walnut, polished marble, and Iraqi carpets.
Peles Castle by Milishor
Peles Castle by Milishor
Peles Castle in the summertime via Pinterest
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Hi. The pictures in the article are amazing and Peles castle is definetly a must see in Romania! But I must mention that Peles castle is not in Transylvania and never was. Sinaia, the mountain resort where the castle is, was in the region called Walachia and when Peles castle was built, Transylvania was not even part of Romania.
Hello Corina,
Yes, our author had mentioned that the castle was in the region of Transylvania, and not actually in Transylvania, which is correct, and we’ve changed the title to more accurately reflect the castle’s location, in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia. Thank you for your note.
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