File:Camil_Iamandescu-Castelul_Peles.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Sinaia
Sign in to saveSinaia () 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.
Sinaia is a mountain resort town in Romania that developed around a 17th-century monastery of the same name and became notable as the location of Peleș Castle, the summer residence of King Carol I built in the late 1800s. The town's name traces back through the monastery to the Biblical Mount Sinai, reflecting its historical and cultural significance in Romanian heritage.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Sinaia is referenced by 418 other articles, and connects out to Kingdom of Romania, Sinaia railway station and Turkey.
The entry is geolocated on the map in RO, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Localities in Muntenia, Populated places in Prahova County and Prahova Valley.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Prahova
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Prahova County
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Sinaia
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Sinaia jud Prahova.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU PH Sinaia CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Vlad Gheorghe Oprea
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
- 89.27
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sinaia
- Country
- Principality of Wallachia
- Population
- 9071
- Area
- 89.27
- Elevation
- 810
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primaria-sinaia.ro
- Image
- Pelisor Castle, Sinaia.jpg
Show 18 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Cascais
- Commons category
- Sinaia
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Sinaia
- topic's main category
- Category:Sinaia
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Sinaia
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Sinaia
- name in kana
- シナイア
- postal code
- 106100
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sinaia
- mountain range
- Carpathians
- phone number
- +40-244311788
- street address
- Bulevardul Carol I, Nr.47, Sinaia, Prahova
- population by native language
- 31
- P8168
- T-18 tank
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1690-00-00
- historical region
- Muntenia
Sources (15)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Climate
- Nature preservation
- Tourist attractions
- Sinaia Forever Festival
- Eagles of Freedom Plaza
- International relations
- Notable residents
- Gallery
- References
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.
Sinaia is about northwest of Ploiești and south of Brașov, in a mountainous area on the Prahova River valley, just east of the Bucegi Mountains. The town's altitude varies between above sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sinaia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (16)
On the map
3 mapped locations