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Sinaia (Romanian pronunciation:) 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.
Dwellings of the Pueblo peoples in New Mexico's Salinas Basin. The dwellings of the Pueblo peoples are located throughout the American Southwest and north central Mexico. The American states of New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Arizona all have evidence of Pueblo peoples' dwellings; the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora do as ...
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. As of 2005, it is inhabited by 13 Christian Orthodox monks led by hegumen Macarie Boguș.
Peleș Castle in summer Terrace Peleș Castle in the winter, 2014. Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ⓘ) 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.
Egypt-Israel border, looking north from the Eilat Mountains (2008) Canadian and Panamanian UNEF UN peacekeepers in Sinai, 1974. On 16 May 1967, Egypt ordered the UNEF out of Sinai [24] and reoccupied it militarily. Secretary-General U Thant eventually complied and ordered the withdrawal without Security Council authorisation.
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The second Ceremonial Railway Station is a short distance away from the first one, built following the plans of architect Duiliu Marcu in 1939. It is designed in a modern Neoclassical style, featuring an arcaded porch on both sides, and is constructed of rustic random stone blocks.
The Sinaia lead plates (Romanian: Tăblițele de la Sinaia) are a set of lead plates written in an unknown language or constructed language. They are alleged to be a chronicle of the Dacians, but are considered by some scholars to be modern forgeries. [1] The plates were written in the Greek alphabet with a few other character additions.