Peles Castle

Peles Castle
The first European castle to have central heating, electricity and vacuuming, Peleş was intended to be the summer residence of Romania’s longest-serving monarch, King Carol I. Construction on the 3500-sq-meter edifice, built in a predominantly German-Renaissance style, began in 1875.

Some 39 years, more than 400 weary craftsmen and thousands of laborers later, it was completed, just months before the king died in 1914. King Carol I’s wife Elisabeta was largely responsible for the interior decoration.

During Ceauşescu’s era, the castle’s 160 rooms were used as a private retreat for leading communists and statesmen from around the globe. US presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and PLO leader Yasser Arafat were all entertained by the Romanian dictator here.

Well, I didn't went inside, because I've seen it before ;)

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