Sinaia

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Sinaia
Sinaia coat of arms
Sinaia (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Great Wallachia
Circle : Prahova
Coordinates : 45 ° 21 '  N , 25 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 21 '0 "  N , 25 ° 33' 5"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 767  m
Residents : 10,410 (October 20, 2011)
Postal code : 106100
Telephone code : (+40) 02 44
License plate : PH
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor : Vlad-Gheorghe Oprea ( PNL )
Postal address : Bulevardul Carol. I, No. 47
loc. Sinaia, jud. Prahova, RO-106100
Website :

Sinaia is a small town in Prahova County in Romania .

Geographical location

Sinaia is located in the Southern Carpathians in the valley of the Prahova river . Around the small town there is a popular ski area , the Bucegi Mountains . Sinaia (767 860  m ) performs a cable car to a height of 2,000 m, and there are several ski lifts. Located on the Ploieşti – Braşov railway line , all regional, interregio and intercity trains to and from Prague and Vienna stop here . Sinaia is located on European route 60 , 44 kilometers south of Brașov ( Kronstadt ) and 65 kilometers northwest of the district capital Ploieşti .

history

The liberal Romanian Prime Minister Ion G. Duca was murdered on December 29, 1933 by Legionnaires of the Iron Guard on a platform at Sinaia train station.

Attractions

In addition to the mountains, which are very popular with hikers and winter sports enthusiasts, there are a number of other attractions in and around Sinaia:

  • The Sinaia Monastery , which was named after Mount Sinai in modern-day Egypt , represents the historical origins of the city of Sinaia. Around twenty Romanian Orthodox monks still live in the complex, which was founded in 1695 .
  • To the northwest of the city is the Peleș Castle , which was built between 1873 and 1883 for King Charles I of Romania. It served as his summer residence until Carol's death in 1914 and was considered his favorite palace. His half-timbered walls and bay windows remind both the Austro-Hungarian style (Sinaia, however, has never been one of Austria-Hungary) and to the Hohenzollern Castle , the home of the king. Some of the 160 rooms can now be visited.
  • Just a few meters up the slope from Peleș Castle is the somewhat smaller Pelișor Castle , which was built between 1899 and 1902 for the (later) Romanian King Ferdinand I and his wife Princess Marie of Edinburgh .

  • Sinaia as a postcard motif, around 1890

  • View of the city from the cable car

  • Peles Castle

  • Pelișor Castle

  • Sinaia train station

  • Ana Pauker to trolley converted cars Škoda VOS in the station of Sinaia

Town twinning

Sinaia has partnerships with:

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Sinaia  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Sinaia  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Ciprian Plăiaşu: The Assassination of Gheorghe Duca from historia.ro accessed on April 2, 2014 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ Information on the city partnerships on the web presentation of Sinaia, accessed on December 21, 2015