Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Peleș Castle, the summer residence of Romania’s first king, Carol, ranks among Europe’s finest Romantic Age palaces. Today, more than a century later, tourists from around the world still marvel at King Carol’s castle.

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