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Sinaia MonasteryThe Sinaia Monastery, founded by Prince Mihai Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the Biblical Mount Sinai, now in Israel. It was the residence of the royal family until the present castle was built and now is inhabited by 20 Christian Orthodox monks. The monastery consists of two courts surrounded by low buildings. In the centre of each court is a small church built in the Byzantine style, one of them "Biserica Veche" dates from 1695, while the newer "Biserica Mare" was built in 1846. The monks possess a library, in which are kept valuable jewels belonging to the Cantacuzene family, as well as the earliest translation of the Bible in Romanian, dating from 1668. Until 1850, Sinaia consisted of little more than the monastery and a group of huts. In 1864, however, the monastic estate was assigned to the Board of Civil Hospitals, by which a hospital and baths were opened and the mineral springs developed Sinaia.
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