Snagov
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Snagov is a commune, located 40 km north of Bucharest
in Ilfov County
, Romania
. According to the 2002 census, 99.2% of the population is ethnic Romanian
and 0.4% are Roma. The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermăneşti, Snagov, Tâncăbeşti and Vlădiceasca.
Snagov is a popular holiday resort, and many villas have lately been built on the shores of Snagov lake.
The name is of probably Bulgarian
origin, from the word sneg (meaning "snow"). It might also derived from the Bulgarian snaga, meaning "human body".
Snagov village was built around the Snagov monastery, founded in the late 14th century on an islet in Lake Snagov
, about 2 km north of Snagov village.
The first written record of it is found in a document from the court of Mircea cel Bătrân and dated 1408.
Snagov monastery was excavated in 1933 by archaeologist Dinu V. Rosetti.
Nicolae Ceauşescu
and his entourage used Snagov as a vacation retreat.
In 2002 the Romanian government decided to build in Snagov a Disneyland-style theme park, "Dracula Park", but in 2006 the government canceled the project. The connection with "Dracula" is due to a spurious 19th-century tradition which makes Snagov monastery the site of the tomb of Vlad III Dracula.
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
in Ilfov County
Ilfov County
Ilfov is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. According to the 2002 census, 99.2% of the population is ethnic Romanian
Romanians
The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
and 0.4% are Roma. The commune is composed of five villages: Ciofliceni, Ghermăneşti, Snagov, Tâncăbeşti and Vlădiceasca.
Snagov is a popular holiday resort, and many villas have lately been built on the shores of Snagov lake.
The name is of probably Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
origin, from the word sneg (meaning "snow"). It might also derived from the Bulgarian snaga, meaning "human body".
History
Archeologists confirmed human presence of inhabitants since 400 BC.Snagov village was built around the Snagov monastery, founded in the late 14th century on an islet in Lake Snagov
Lake Snagov
Snagov is a lake in Snagov municipality, about 25–30 km north of Bucharest, Romania. It has a surface of only 5.75 km², but due to its elongated shape it stretches for about 12 km, northeast to southwest....
, about 2 km north of Snagov village.
The first written record of it is found in a document from the court of Mircea cel Bătrân and dated 1408.
Snagov monastery was excavated in 1933 by archaeologist Dinu V. Rosetti.
Nicolae Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
and his entourage used Snagov as a vacation retreat.
In 2002 the Romanian government decided to build in Snagov a Disneyland-style theme park, "Dracula Park", but in 2006 the government canceled the project. The connection with "Dracula" is due to a spurious 19th-century tradition which makes Snagov monastery the site of the tomb of Vlad III Dracula.
Notable sites
- Snagov area is a natural reservation, with two natural protected areas - for fauna and flora : "Snagov Lake" (150 hectares) www.snagov.ro/ANPLS and "Snagov Forest" (10 hectares) www.snagov.ro/ANPPS
- Lake SnagovLake SnagovSnagov is a lake in Snagov municipality, about 25–30 km north of Bucharest, Romania. It has a surface of only 5.75 km², but due to its elongated shape it stretches for about 12 km, northeast to southwest....
, a lake with a surface of 5.75 km². - Snagov monastery, located on an islet on Snagov lake.
- Snagov forest, the last remnant of the Codrii VlăsieiCodrii VlasieiCodrii Vlăsiei was the forest that once covered parts of southern Romania, including the territory of today's Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov County....
a large forest that once surrounded the town of Bucharest. - Siliştea Snagovului, a church built in 1664.
- The Imre NagyImre NagyImre Nagy was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary on two occasions...
monument. The prime minister of Hungary was kept for a few months in Snagov before being sent to trial and executed in Budapest. - Stadionul SnagovStadionul SnagovSnagov Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Snagov, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Snagov. The stadium holds 2,000 people....
, a football stadium seating 2,000. - Near Tâncăbeşti, there is since 1949 a mediumwave broadcasting station, which uses as antenna a 187 metres tall guyed mast radiator. Tâncăbeşti transmitter, which works on 855 kHz used before the 1990s a transmission power of 1500 kW. Today it may be 300 kW.