Sinaia (rou)

Sinaia

Sinaia ranks 6,438th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ottawa, Kansas, Medan, and Riffa. Memorable people born in Sinaia include Nicolae Neagoe, Mircea David, and Ana Bogdan. Memorable people who died in Sinaia include Arsenie Boca. Sinaia has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many religious figures. Sinaia is located in Romania.

Sinaia is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after the Biblical Mount Sinai. King Carol I of Romania also built his summer residence, Peleș Castle, in Sinaia in the late nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia