Snagov
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Snagov (population: 6,041) 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.
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[edit] History
Snagov village was built around the Snagov monastery. The first written record of it is found in a document from the court of Mircea cel Bătrân and dated 1408.
Nowadays, it is a popular holiday resort, and many villas have lately been built on the shores of Snagov lake.
In 2002, the Romanian government decided to build in Snagov a Disneyland-style theme park, "Dracula Park", but the project's future has been uncertain as of 2005, and in 2006 the government canceled the project. Vlad Ţepeş, the historical figure on whom Bram Stoker's book Dracula is based, is said to be buried there at the Snagov monastery.
[edit] Name
The name is of South Slavic origin (probably Bulgarian), from the word sneg (meaning "snow"). "Snagov" has a Bulgarian root (problably) "snaga" - meaning: human body.
[edit] Tourist sites
- Lake Snagov, a lake with a surface of 5.75 km2.
- Snagov monastery, located on an islet on Snagov lake. The grave of Vlad Ţepeş is said to be there.
- Siliştea Snagovului, a church built in 1664.
- Snagov forest, the last remnant of the Codrii Vlăsiei a large forest that once surrounded the town of Bucharest.
- The Imre Nagy monument. The prime minister of Hungary was kept for a few months in Snagov before being sent to trial and executed in Budapest.
- Snagov area is a natural reservation, with some protected fauna and flora species.
- Nicolae Ceauşescu and his entourage used Snagov as a vacation retreat.
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