Peles Castle from Sinaia Romania!!!!

Peles Castle is a palace in Sinaia, built between 1873 and 1914. Built as the summer residence of the kings of Romania, the building is currently owned by the Royal Family of Romania and houses the Peles National Museum.
Peles Castle is located in Sinaia, on Prahova Valley, (44 km from Brașov and 122 km from Bucharest), on the European road E60 (DN1). On the railway, there are numerous trains that leave from Ploiesti or Brasov with the destination Sinaia.
Peles Castle in Sinaia, the summer residence of the Romanian kings, was built at the request of King Carol I of Romania, according to the plans of the architects Johannes Schultz, Carol Benesch and Karel Liman, and was decorated by the famous decorators J. D. Heymann from Hamburg, August Bembé of Mainz and Bernhard Ludwig of Vienna.
Peles Castle is one of the most important historical buildings in Romania, with a unique character and is, by its historical and artistic value, one of the most important monuments of its kind in Europe in the second half of the 19th century th.
Prince Carol I, elected ruler of Romania in 1866, visits Sinaia for the first time in August of that year, remaining delighted by the beauty of those places. At that time, Sinaia was a small mountain village, called Podul Neagului. The ruler decides to build a castle in a secluded and picturesque place.
A few years later, in 1872, he bought the land, and work began in 1873 under the direction of architects Johannes Schultz, Carol Benesch and Karel Liman. First, the workers made efforts to master the capricious elements of nature, such as underground water courses or landslides. The 300 workers who worked here took two years to complete the arrangements; all this time, the ruler personally supervised the works in detail. In 1875, the foundation stone of the castle was laid, under which several dozen 20 lei gold coins were buried, the first Romanian coins with the face of Carol I.
In 1883, the official inauguration of Peles took place, which the ruler saw as a “headquarters” of the new dynasty. And its settlement in Valea Prahova was not accidental. Not far away, at Predeal, was at that time Romania’s border with Austria-Hungary. But later, after the union of Transylvania with the Old Kingdom, the castle ended up being located right in the heart of the country.

Pelesul then gained more and more importance, becoming the summer residence of the Romanian royal family, who spent quite a lot of time here, usually from May to November. The castle hosted many personalities of the time, writers, musicians, but also kings and queens. The most important visit was that of the old emperor of Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph, in 1896. A summary calculation shows that between 1875 and 1914 more than 16 million gold lei were spent in Peles.Privately owned by the Royal Family of Romania from the beginning, Peles Castle was quickly nationalized after the communist coup d’état on 30 December 1947 which led to the forced abdication of King Mihai and his forced exile that lasted 50 years .
After the Revolution of December 1989, Peles Castle and Pelisor were reintegrated into the tourist circuit. Since 1990, Pelisorul is also open to the public for visiting.