Foișor Castle
Foișor Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Prahova. Access is restricted and requires permission. Foișor Castle is situated nearby to the heath Vulpăria, as well as near Pelișor Castle.Photo: Rotaru Florin, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Romania
- Address: Sinaia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pelișor Castle and Peleș Castle.
Pelișor Castle
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
The Pelișor Castle is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same complex as the larger castle of Peleș. Pelișor Castle is situated 250 metres east of Foișor Castle.
Peleș Castle
Castle
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Peleș Castle is situated 540 metres east of Foișor Castle.
Sinaia Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. Sinaia Monastery is situated 1¼ km southeast of Foișor Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bușteni and Ialomița Valley.
Bușteni
Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bușteni is in the Carpathian Mountains in the Muntenia region of Romania. It is the main "entry point" to Bucegi Mountains, a high and scenic mountain range that attracts many tourists.
Ialomița Valley
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ialomița Valley is a valley in Dambovita County in the mountainous north of Romania.
Azuga
Photo: Whitepixels, CC0.
Azuga is a town in the Prahova County, Romania. It is a mountain resort town in the Prahova Valley, flanked by the Bucegi and Baiului mountain ranges.
Foișor Castle
- Categories: château, tourist attraction, cultural property, building, historic site, and tourism
- Location: Sinaia, Prahova, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.36134° or 45° 21′ 41″ northLongitude
25.53621° or 25° 32′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8GQ79G6P+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1443930764OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q18538722
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Foișor Castle” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Замък „Фоишор“”
- Bulgarian: “Фоишор”
- French: “château de Foișor”
- French: “Château de Foișor”
- Galician: “castelo de Foișor”
- Hebrew: “ארמון פלש”
- Italian: “castello di Foișor”
- Romanian: “Castelul Foișor (Casa de vânătoare)”
- Romanian: “Castelul Foișor”
- Welsh: “Castell Foișor”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vulpăria and Cabana Vulpărie.
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