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Extract from the Mogosoaia and Potlogi Travel Guides:
The lovely palace at
MOGOSOAIA
, 10km northwest of Bucharest along the DN1, is perhaps Wallachia's most important non-religious monument. Designed by Constantin Brncoveanu in 1698-1702, it's a two-storey building of red brick with a Venetian-style loggia overlooking a lake (Tues-Sun 10am-6pm). After Brncoveanu's execution the palace became an inn, then, after a fire destroyed the interior, a warehouse. While the interior of the palace - consisting of a series of furniture-less rooms, a rather naked modern art collection and a cellar full of pottery and stoneworks - is nothing special, the exterior is quite stunning, and the lush, atmosp...
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