Sinaia3 Dimitrie Ghica Park

The ‘Dimitrie Ghica’ Park Sinaia

The ‘Dimitrie Ghica’ Park has been created in the year of 1881 under the close guidance of the Swiss landscape architect, Eder. The Park was founded on the estate of the Prince Dimitrie Ghica, Romania’s Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870 and chief sponsor of the Civil Hospitals in Bucharest, the creator of the modern town of Sinaia, together with King Carol I.

Hotel Palace Sinaia

Sinaia resort is located at an altitude between 798 and 1.055 meters, on the South-Eastern side of Bucegi Mountains, along Prahova River Valley 

Hotel Palace Sinaia

The alleys inside the park are bordered by century-old trees, shrubs and coloured rounds of flowers. Each year, the park becomes the venue for the ‘Sinaia Forever’ Festival, concerts and different types of events.

Iron Root (2015) by Ai Weiwei, a cast iron sculpture of a tree root sprayed in purple car paint

Lisson Gallery LondonAi Weiwei

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artistThe Iron Root by Ai Weiwei, is a cast iron sculpture of a tree root sprayed in purple car paint, closely connected to the trees currently on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London for Ai's retrospective and celebration of the artist becoming a Royal Academician

Hotel Caraiman

Caraiman hotel is built in the Romanian classical style. It is the third hotel built in Sinaia and is over 120 years old. Situated in a picturesque area, in the central park of the resort, close to the Casino and to Sinaia Monastery

Rina Cerbul Hotel located at the center of the resort, at just a short walk away from the train station and cable car, in front of ‘Dimitrie Ghica’ Park

On the alleys of the park which are near the Casino, there are busts of great Romanian personalities

Mihai Eminescu, the Romanians’ national poet

At the far end of the park there is the impressive building of the Casino. But the Casino has another function, namely it is the place where numerous conferences, symposiums and congresses take place, as well as various special exhibitions of art or photography

Date despre istoria bogată a staţiunii sunt dezvăluite turiştilor cu ajutorul unor panouri informative. Puţini ştiu, de pildă, faptul că Sinaia a fost prima localitate din ţară luminată electric, pe 21 iulie 1890 fiind aprinse primele becuri electrice de pe bulevard, în parc, în câteva vile şi în hotelul Caraiman

Sinaia was the first town illuminated with electricity in Romania (1890)

Text: InternetPictures: Sanda Foişoreanu & Internet Copyright: All the images belong to their authors

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: George Enescu - Balada op.44 pentru vioară și orchestră

2016