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:
Peleș Castle dining room — seating for 32 of your closest neighbors
Of course every castle needs a music room:
Peleș Castle music room
Peleș Castle music room
Inside Peleș Castle are several rooms with various themes, such as the Moorish Room:
Peleș Castle 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:
Peleș Castle Council Room
Here’s a view of the Ottoman Room:
Peleș Castle Ottoman Room
But enough on the rooms. Let’s spend the rest of today’s article just looking at some of the interior details:
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.
Peleș Castle stained glass
All of this combined creates a wonderful and fascinating collection of exquisite art pieces.
The queen reading in the library
Remember those intricately decorated ceilings I mentioned? Here’s an example:
Peleș Castle ceiling
And how about artifacts of knightly combat used as a wall decoration:
Weapons and armor from medieval times
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.
Elisabeth of Romania tending to a wounded WWI soldier
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:
The Carpathian Mountains surrounding Peleș Castle
I”ll leave you today with these final examples Peleș stained glass:
Peleș Castle has an extensive collection of medieval arms and armor, including armor for a horse. However, before you step into this armaments room, you’ll pass by some interesting wooden carvings, impressively tall ceilings, a magnificent carved wood spiral staircase, and other sights. But you don’t need to listen to me drone on about all that. You want pictures, and pictures you shall have: