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The Sinaia Monastery, founded by Prince Mihai Cantacuzino in 1695, was the residence of the royal family until the present castle was built. It consists of two courts surrounded by low buildings. In the centre of each court is a small church built in the Byzantine style. The monks possess a library, in which are kept valuable jewels belonging to the Cantacuzene family.

Until 1850, Sinaia consisted of little more than the monastery and a group of huts. In 1864, however, the monastic estate was assigned to the Board of Civil Hospitals, by which a hospital and baths were opened and the mineral springs developed Sinaia.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica. 1911 Britannica

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