Peles Castle

One of the most beautiful castles in the world – Peles Castle – located in Romania, near the city of Sinaia. It was built by the king Carl First at the last quarter of the 19 century when Romania became independent state.

Pales castle has been designed in Neo-Renaissance style with some elements of Baroque and even a Gothic. One of the sticking features of the castle – its terraces with a lot of fountains, gardeners, sculptures and balconies.

Just before the entrance to the castle there is the statue of Carl First, who greets the visitors.

The interior of the Peles castle can be described as the mix of the culture and the history. All 170 rooms of the

Peles castle are decorated in refined style. It lavishly adorned by the furniture, paintings, vases and other decorative elements.

As for me most impressive rooms in the castle are: Big Armory Room where you can one of the biggest and finest collections of weapon in world, Florence room which is adorned in style of Michelangelo style, Moorish saloon where you can even see marble fountain.

Also many rooms of the castle exhibit a lot of arts which are reckoned as of the finest in the Europe.

For its time Peles castle has been at the edge of technology. It had central heating system and the electricity.

As others museums of Europe castle is close on Mondays. Also in November Peles is closed for maintenance and refurbishment.

Rasnov fortress

Undeservedly neglected Rasnov fortress lies not far from the famous Bran castle. It was built in 1355.

Rasnov fortress endured a lot of sieges and capitulated only once – in 1612 when the source of water was out of the walls. After that a deep well (which exists today) has been delved inside. According to the legend it was dug by the Turkish prisoners in exchange of their liberty.

Tropaeum Traiani

The Tropaeum Traiani fortress lies near the Adamclisi village at approximately 70 km south-west to Constantza. The Tropaeum Traiani consists from the three main parts: the altar, the mausoleum and the fortress.

Main feature of the complex (most interesting for the tourists) is a triumphal monument which is located on the north side of Adamclisi village on the top of the hill.

The triumphal monument has been erected between 106-109 to glorify and commemorate the Roman victories over the Dacian in the first Dacian War.

The monument is a huge stone socle with roof holding the trophy’s statue which has been designed in the style of the Apollodorus of Damascus. It represents the armor of the Roman officer.

Some decorative pieces and inscription fragments with the names of 3800 soldieries have been preserved. Today they are exhibited in the small museum in Adamclisi village. On the site of triumphal monument you can see their copies. The Tropaeum Traiani has been very well restored in the Roman-Byzantine period during the time of the Justinian. In the following centuries it was declined. The place has been excavated and restored between 1971-1977

Also, today, many historians name the Tropaeum Traiani as the birth certificate of the Romanian people.

Sucevita

The abbey of Sucevita located at the north-east part of Romainia near the border with Ukraine. It was conceived in 1586 upon the initiative of Metropolitan Gheorghe Movila. Movila was the member of the powerful family and, in fact, Sucevita abbey is their joint work.

Sucevita abbey retains the trilobite plan and the style established at the time of Stephen the Greate. It’s not only an abbey. Sucevita is also a fortress. It has defensive walls with four corner towers and one tower with chapter above the passage way.

But Sucevita is famous not only for its architecture. The main reason why it attracts a lot of tourists is its paintings which are distributed all over the free surface.

The nave of the Sucevita is adorned with a miniature mosaic of episodes from Jesus’ Life, three images of the Genesis where the nature the landscape are in the forefront and the votive picture with a multitude of characters.

Sucevita is a monument with a biggest number of religious images in the country. Actually is a last church in Bucovina with painted facades. Images were done by Sofronie and Ion who blended in their works tradition and innovations.

Also visitors can attend the small museum in Sucevita where they can see the richest and the valuable medieval art collections in Moldovia.