Brief description: In Ilfov County, just a few kilometers northwest of Bucharest (Romania’s capital), Mogoșoaia Castle is located on the shores of Lake Mogoșoaia in Mogoșoaia. The castle consists of a main courtyard and many buildings such as the watch tower and the church “St. Gheorghe near the yard.
More details – History
The Wallachian prince Constantin Brâncoveanu built the castle between 1698 and 1702 on the widow Mogoș (later named Mogoșoaia) in the Brâncovean style named after him.
In 1714, when Constantin Brâncoveanu was executed in Constantinople with his entire family, the Ottomans confiscated all the family’s possessions and turned the palace into a Han (a kind of inn). In the following decades, the castle was conquered, destroyed and rebuilt several times, until it was owned by George III in 1912. Valentin Bibesco married the French writer Marthe Bibesco, who was born into the Romanian nobility. He gave the property to his wife, Marthe Bibesco then extensively restored the castle.
The castle can be visited without entrance, it has a wonderful big park where you can / is allowed, for example, to have a picnic or just while away the day. Inside the castle, a fee of approx. 10 lei (2.10 euros) for parking, restaurants, museums and much more… also an extended walk with the rest on a bench overlooking the lake… many things are possible and beautiful.
Attention… you should not take the camera with you or put it in your pocket!! Mobile phone photos are no problem, but as a “camera owner” you are already vehemently advised at the entrance that for professional photography you have to pay a fee of 400 Lei (approx. EUR 80).
