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Encyclopedia Britannica



SINAIA

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 140 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SINAIA , a town of Rumania, about 12 M. S. of the Hungarian frontier at Predeal, on the railway from
Ploesci
  to Kronstadt in Transylvania. Pop. (1900), 2210. Sinaia resembles a large model
village
 , widely scattered among the pine forests of the lower Carpathians, and along the banks of the Prahova, a swift alpine stream. The monastery of Sinaia, founded by Prince Michael Cantacuzino in 1695, was the residence of the royal family until the present chateau was built. It consists of two courts surrounded by low buildings. In the centre of each court is a small church built in the Byzantine style. The monks possess a library, in which are kept valuable jewels belonging to the Cantacuzene family. Castle Peles or Pelesh, the modern palace, named after the hill on which it stands, is of a mixed style of architecture. The interior is fitted with magnificent
wood
  carvings and stained glass windows illustrating the principal scenes of " Carmen Sylva's " writings. Until 185o Sinaia consisted of little more than the monastery and a group of huts. In 1864, however, the monastic estate was assigned to the Board of Civil Hospitals, by which a
hospital
 
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and baths were opened and the
mineral
  springs developed. Sinaia soon became the favourite summer resort of
Bucharest
  society, and rapidly developed in all its equipment.


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