Romania — The Art and Stained Glass of Peleș Castle

As one would expect in a royal palace, Peleș Castle is filled with fine art, including some magnificent examples of stained glass. Other works within the walls of Peleș Castle are finely decortated ceilings, statuary, and medieval implements of knightly arms and armor used is decorative wall hangings.

All of this combined creates a wonderful and fascinating collection of exquisite art pieces.

Remember those intricately decorated ceilings I mentioned? Here’s an example:

And how about artifacts of knightly combat used as a wall decoration:

One frequently finds in royal works of art depictions of royal service to those in need. In the image depicted below, it’s not a matter of hype. Elisabeth of Romania was the daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie of Romania. During World War I she would make frequent visits to hospitals treating the wounded. She would later become Queen of Greece for a brief eighteen months following her wedding to King George II in 1922 until his exile in 1924. In 1935 she divorced her husband when it because evident that he would regain the throne.

Not all the works of art are indoors, and not all those outdoor works are confined to pieces created by the hand of man. The surrounding Carpathian Mountains offer up Nature’s own work of art, especially in winter:

I”ll leave you today with these final examples Peleș stained glass:

Слава Україні! (Slava Ukraini!)