Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai. King Carol I of Romania also built his summer residence, Peleș Castle, in Sinaia in the late nineteenth century.
Image: Camil Iamandescu Castelul Peles
Image: Pelisor 5
Image: Camil Iamandescu Corpul de Garda Sinaia B
Image: RO PH Sinaia monastery church 1
Prahova County is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești.
Prahova County
The building of the Prahova County court from the interwar period, now the Ploiești Palace of Culture.
Ploiești