Mogosoaia

20 km from Bucharest, the  Brancoveanu palace and museum  is opened for the public, and the palace garden is  one of the nicest  places arround the capital, an island of green and silence.

Do not miss the terass by the lake shore, where you can lay in the sun, and the back garden, perfect for a picnic and a badminton game.

Short history

In year 1702 on the Mogosoaia lake shore the Brancoveanu Palace is finalized. The Palace mixes elements of bizantin architecture and decorations with italian renessace and Muntenia specific elements.


After the execution of Brancoveanu (together with the five sons) to Istambul, for refusing to become muslims, the palace becomes for a short period a turcish inn and the architecture has to suffer from the otoman raids in the 18th century. In the 19th century the estate is bought by the Bibescu family, descendants of the Brancoveanu family.

How to get there?

By car: from Bucharest on the Grivita road, under the Constanta bridge, and straight forward until entering the Mogosoaia village. A few hundred meters after entering the village there is a sign to the left towards the palace. By bike it takes arround 1h - 1h 30 minutes, aprox. 20km.

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A good meal?

To  the palace restaurant or to  2 Cocosi.

Links

Palace history
Wikipedia