Mogoșoaia Castle
The Mogoşoaia Castle is located in Romania . It is located around 15 kilometers northwest of the state capital Bucharest in a park on the banks of Lake Mogoșoaia in the Mogoșoaia municipality in Ilfov County .
Mogoșoaia Castle is one of the most famous cultural monuments in Romania. The Wallachian prince Constantin Brâncoveanu had the castle built between 1698 and 1702 on the estate of a widow Mogoș (from which the name Mogoșoaia comes from) in the Brâncoveanu architectural style named after him .
In 1912 the castle came into the possession of George III. Valentin Bibesco , who was married to the French writer Marthe Bibesco , who came from the Romanian nobility . He gave the property to his wife. Marthe Bibesco then had the castle extensively restored.
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- ↑ Rumaenien-info.at: Palatul Mogosoaia ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on October 29, 2017
Coordinates: 44 ° 31 ′ 39.6 " N , 25 ° 59 ′ 33.7" E