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SINAIA , a See also:

town of See also:Rumania, about 12 M. S. of the Hungarian frontier at Predeal, on the railway from See also:Ploesci to See also:Kronstadt in Transylvania. Pop. (1900), 2210. Sinaia resembles a large See also:model See also:village, widely scattered among the See also:pine forests of the See also:lower Carpathians, and along the See also:banks of the Prahova, a See also:swift alpine stream. The monastery of Sinaia, founded by See also:Prince See also:Michael See also:Cantacuzino in 1695, was the See also:residence of the royal See also:family until the See also:present See also:chateau was built. It consists of two courts surrounded by See also:low buildings. In the centre of each See also:court is a small See also:church built in the See also:Byzantine See also:style. The monks possess a library, in which are kept valuable jewels belonging to the Cantacuzene family. See also:Castle Peles or Pelesh, the See also:modern See also:palace, named after the See also:hill on which it stands, is of a mixed style of See also:architecture. The interior is fitted with magnificent See also:wood carvings and stained See also:glass windows illustrating the See also:principal scenes of " Carmen Sylva's " writings. Until 185o Sinaia consisted of little more than the monastery and a See also:group of huts.

In 1864, however, the monastic See also:

estate was assigned to the See also:Board of See also:Civil Hospitals, by which a See also:hospital and See also:baths were opened and the See also:mineral springs See also:developed. Sinaia soon became the favourite summer resort of See also:Bucharest society, and rapidly developed in all its equipment.

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