Ilfov county with Snagov commune highlighted

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. Snagov is the locality where action took place in fictional French movie Them (2006 film). made by me with XaraX File links The following pages link to this file: Snagov Categories: GFDL images ... made by me with XaraX File links The following pages link to this file: Snagov Categories: GFDL images ... A commune (comună in Romanian) is, along with the municipality, the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. ... “km” redirects here. ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km²  (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... Categories: Counties of Romania | Stub | Ilfov | Bucharest ... Languages Romanian language Religions Predominantly Romanian Orthodox, but also including Romanian Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Atheist. ... Languages Romani, languages of native region Religions Christianity, Islam Related ethnic groups South Asians (Desi) The Roma (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom) or Romanies are an ethnic group living in many communities all over the world. ... Them (French: Ils) is a French Horror film released in 2006, directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud. ...

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. Monastery of St. ... Mircea the Elder Wallachia under Mircea cel Bătrân, c. ...

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. For other uses, see Disneyland (disambiguation). ... Portrait of Vlad III in the Innsbruck Ambras Castle Vlad III Basarab (other names: Vlad Å¢epeÅŸ IPA: in Romanian, meaning Vlad the Impaler; Vlad Draculea in Romanian, transliterated as Vlad Dracula in some documents; Kazıklı Bey in Turkish, meaning Impaler Prince), (November or December, 1431 – December 1476). ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... This article is about the novel. ...

Name

The name is of South Slavic origin (probably Bulgarian), from the word sneg (meaning "snow"). "Snagov" has a Bulgarian root (probably) "snaga" - meaning: human body.

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.

Myths The supposed tomb of Dracula or Vlad lll The Impaler. ... Portrait of Vlad III in the Innsbruck Ambras Castle Vlad III Basarab (other names: Vlad Ţepeş IPA: in Romanian, meaning Vlad the Impaler; Vlad Draculea in Romanian, transliterated as Vlad Dracula in some documents; Kazıklı Bey in Turkish, meaning Impaler Prince), (November or December, 1431 – December 1476). ... Codrii Vlăsiei was the forest that once covered parts of Southern Romania, including the territory of todays Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov County. ... Imre Nagy. ... Nicolae Ceauşescu (IPA , in English, sometimes (and erroneously) ) (January 26, 1918–December 25, 1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until December 1989. ...

External links

• Snagov Radio
• Snagov.ro

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