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Bucharest Tour:

Village Museum is situated in the north part of Bucharest, next to the biggest park: Herastrau (established in 1936 has over 30 ha). The museum, with 70 houses, churches and annexes, gives you an idea about the evolution of the architecture and life style in Romania over the last 400 years. Here you can see interesting wooden houses from all the regions of the country in a compact village style.

The Palace of Parliament - People’s Palace (1984-1989) is the most impressive administrative construction in Europe, and includes hundreds of offices, tens of saloons for receptions or scientific, cultural, socio-political meetings. It has 265.000 m² on the inside. The People Palace is the 2nd buillding in the world, after the Pentagon, in Washington.

The Old Court is situated right in the center of the city. The construction started in the late 14^th century, Vlad the Impaler (also known as Dracula) being the first king to move the capital here, in the middle of a thick oak forest, on the banks of Dambovita River.

Stavropoleos Church (1724-1730) was built by the Greek priest Ioanichie. Many beautiful ornaments such as impressive exterior paintings. An “official document� of religion and history.

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Bucharest - Sinaia (Peles Castle) – Rasnov Castle – Bran Castle

Sinaia is the former royal city, a beautiful mountain resort. Here you will visit the Peles Castle (built during 1875-1883), the former summer residence of Romanian kings, nowadays a museum. The castle is a real pole of attraction and one of the most valuable architectonic monuments of Romania. After the Second World War it was transformed into a wonderful museum with 160 rooms which contains precious art and sculpture collections, beautiful paintings and candelabras, rare furniture and Italian glass from Murano. You will also visit the weapon room. You can not miss the gardens and terraces around the castle with their famous Italian renascence sculptures.

Situated in a beautiful park with gorgeous terraces, Peles Castle's 160 rooms and halls impress with different ornamental objects, Oriental carpets, fine ivory sculptures, tapestries, furniture, weapon collections (15^th - 19^th centuries) and paintings. The most impressive rooms are: the Hall of Honor, the large Weapon Room (with objects from India, Persia, Turkey, Arabia), the Council Room (Swiss colored glass window, 16^th-17^th centuries), the Music Room, the Florentine Room, the Mirror Room, the Moorish Room (with a collection inspired by the Spanish Alhambra Palace), the Turkish Drawing-Room, the Theater Room;

Peles Castle was the summer residence of the Romanian Royal family. The works begun in 1873 on a private own land of the king Carol I. 300 workers where at the same time working at the castle. When it was built the castle was situated near to the north border of Romania. King Carol I-st asked those who where concerned about the castle strategical position "if they think that the situation will last for ever, with a Transylvania a part of Romania ". And, indeed, in 1918 Transylvania was attached to Romania and the castle is sitting from those times in the middle of the country. A team of wood workers, iron workers, stone carvers, architects and engineers kept working until the king’s death in 1914. In that year the works ended.

Pelisor Castle- Museum - built between 1899-1902 by the Czech architect Karel
Liman and decorated by Bernhard Ludwig from Vienna, the Pelisor belonged to
the royal couple Ferdinand and Maria, since 1903. Pelisor castle contains a
valuable collection of decorative art belonging to the Art- Nouveau style; works
of artists like E. Galle, Daum Brothers, J. Hoffman, L.C. Tiffany, Gurschner etc.
Among other rooms, there can be seen ‘The Golden Bedroom’, ’The Chapel’, ’The
Golden Room’, which, without any doubt, have a unique value.

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Rasnov Castle is situated on an old commercial road that made the link between city of Brasov in Transylvania and Targoviste, for a long period capital of Wallachia. First mentioned in 1331 Rasnov was one of the 12 villages that formed Brasov district, mentioned in 1377. In 1427 the village has the right to organize weekly fairs.
Built on a hill on the South side of Rasnov village, (a town since the communist regime) it is a “peasant castle� built by the people of 3 villages: Rasnov, Cristian, and Vulcan.
The first mention of the castle dates from 1335 when a Turkish invasion destroyed all the villages, but Rasnov castle and another castle near Brasov resist. In 1612 the castles is for the fist and last time conquered, the defenders run out of water. Soon after they started the dug for a well 150 m deep, dig that lasted for 15 years.
The entry was on the East wall, guarded by two towers. Inside there where over 30 houses with 2 levels, currently being rebuilt. There was also a chapel, St. George – dating since 14th century and a school. The castle has 3 rows of walls and 2 yards defeated by towers. The architecture is simple, stone and brick was used for the walls and houses. The walls have 5 m high and 1.5 m wide. The walls and towers where cover with tile, to avoid the fire.

Bran Castle A document of king Ludovic I of Hungary at 19 November 1377 at Zolven confirm the Saxon Germans of city of Brasov the right of building, as they promised, on their expense and workers a new stone castle at Bran. The new castle was to be erected on the same spot where the Teutonic knights built a wooden castle in 1211-1225. The building of the new castle started in 1378, heavy works of cutting the forest and level the ground started. The castle plan is adapted to the terrain, has 4 sides unequaled, the North wall is on top of a steep cliff. On the South side there is a gate tower and South West has a cylindrical tower. The castle is finished in the 14^th century, in a Gothic style. In 1395 is first mentioned in documents. In 1427 the castle is moved from the city of Brasov propriety to Hungarian kingdom that financed the reconstruction and extension. In 1498 Bran castle was given by the Hungarian kingdom to city of Brasov.
In 1920 Brasov’s city hall donate the castle to Queen Mary of Romania for her contribution at the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918. The Queen Mary left the castle to her daughter, Princess Ileana, sister of King Carol II. After 1948, when the royal family was forced to leave the country, the castle enters into Romanian state property. The castle was open to the public in 1956 as a history museum. In 1987 it was restored, the works lasted until 1993.

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