Romania: Peles Castle

Kings Residences, Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania

Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883.

A postcard send by Ana of Romania...she said this is a Peles Castle which is an important Romanian historical monumnet, it's Neo-Renaissance castle built between 1873 and 1916. The castle was made after King Carol I plans, but built by German architects. The inside is really gorgeous according to her and everytime she will visit the castle, she always feel like a princess.

And this postcard comes with a beautiful stamp from Romfilatelia, the specialized company in editing and trading Romanian postage stamps, introduces in the postal circuit the stamps issue ROMANIAN POTTERY - Peasant dishes (III) that was issued last August 3, 2007; she send me with a face value of 0.80 L (romanian lei) is illustrated a peasant dish made in Luncavita - Tulcea.


Happy Postcrossing, everyone!
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  1. One reason why I want to visit the Europe is because of the beautiful castle and palaces. I would love to own a DSLR to capture all the images for souvenirs.


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