Castelul Peleș (Sinaia, Romania)

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Name (Latin)
Castelul Peleș (Sinaia, Romania)
Other forms of name
Castelul Regal Peleș (Sinaia, Romania)
Peleș Castle (Sinaia, Romania)
Pelesch Castle (Sinaia, Romania)
Schloss Pelesch (Sinaia, Romania)
See Also From tracing topical name
Palaces Romania
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Library of congress: sh2025000548
DLC: sh2025000548
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: Povestea castelului Peleş, 2017page 11, etc. (Schloss Pelesch, Castelul regal Peleș)
  • The Oxford Companion to the Garden, 2006, viewed via Oxford reference, March 18, 2025:Peleș Castle (One of the favourite summer residences of the Romanian royal family, Sinaia was created by Prince (later King) Carl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen between 1873 and 1883 following the designs of Viennese architect Wilhelm Doderer and Johannes Schultz on a wooded slope of the Carpathian Mountains)
  • LC database, viewed March 18, 2025(Pelesch (i.e., Peles) Castle, Sinaia, Roumania)
  • Armonie şi grandoare, 2012:t.p. (castelul Peleş)
  • Muzeul Național Peleș web site, viewed in English November 14, 2025:Istoricul Castelului Peleș (Peleş Castle was built at the initiative of the first King of Romania, Carol I, for a summer residence, in Sinaia, in 1874; royal residence (1883 - 1947); from 1914-1914 it served as a museum and a court space for official visits or hosted military ceremonies; in 1953, the castle becomes a National Museum, open to the general public; in 2007, Peleș Castle, Pelișor Castle, as well as the entire Peleș domain consisting of the former royal dependencies, returned to the ownership of King Michael I (1927-1930, 1940-1947), but continued to be administered by the Romanian State)