Snagov Palace

Snagov Palace is a former royal palace on the shore of Lake Snagov, about 40 km north-east of Bucharest, in Ilfov County, Romania. The palace is located within the commune of Snagov and close to the Snagov monastery. Snagov Palace become constructed within the early Thirties with the aid of Henrieta Delavrancea-Gibory for prince Nicholas of Romania, brother of king Carol II. It become constructed on the grounds of the royal looking motel Scroviste, which dated from the 19th century.

The new palace became constructed in the Romanian Brancovenesc style and completed in 1932. The palace has a proper lawn with fountains, which turned into landscaped via the Austrian landscape architect Rebhun. In the garden there's a former guesthouse in Romanian Arts and Crafts-style, constructed in the beginning of the 20th century. Prince Nicholas hardly ever used the palace because of a warfare with the king about his morganatic marriage and his expulsion from Romania in 1937. After his departure the palace turned into intended to be utilized by politicians, artists and writers, however become hardly ever used. After 1940 it become now and again utilized by the Romanian dictator Ion Antonescu as a summer season residence.