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Today I’m going to present images of some of the rooms awaiting you in Peleș Castle. I begin with the image above of the three-story Hall of Honor with its incredible, richly detailed woodwork, corinthian columns, and other exquisite features. In case you’re wondering how one eats in a place this elaborate, here’s the dining nook:

Of course every castle needs a music room:

Inside Peleș Castle are several rooms with various themes, such as the Moorish Room:

And what would a working monarch’s castle be without a place to, you know, do some work? Here is the Council Room:

Here’s a view of the Ottoman Room:

But enough on the rooms. Let’s spend the rest of today’s article just looking at some of the interior details:

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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:

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