Princess’ Beech
Deep in the Cheia Proviţei forest, in a clearing on the left bank of the Târsa stream, we find a secular beech with a bushy crown. Known by locals as “Copacu ‘ăl Mare” or “Princess’ Beech“, it is said that it guarded the favorite place of rest of Princess Zoe Bibescu-Brâncoveanu, owner of Breaza estate a century and a half ago, or that, earlier, under its branches would have stopped the famous outlaw Iancu Jianu, escaped from the prison of Telega. A scenic hiking trail in circuit gets here. It is currently under marking (red triangle), starts in the town and passes through the valley of Târsa and the Lazu forest –...
Brâncoveanu Park
Around the mansion, a fashionable park in English style was created, which astonished both the inhabitants and many travellers. Today the century-old trees make a real dendrological park with a great landscape view – a pride of the town.
Bondoc old commercial building
The storeyed building with open balcony on wooden pillars with fretted panels is specific for Prahova Valley. It is the most impressive witness of the old commercial center of Breaza village. It belonged to an old merchant family, which lived upstairs and had a store...
General Ion Manolescu Building
Breaza’s emblematic figure is General Ion Manolescu (1869-1946), the son of a peasant turned into a symbol of the inter-war generation, a man this town can boast anywhere in the world. Soul of the moral rebirth of the village and founder of the National House concept (cultural center later), GLIM was really a man of sustainable facts animated by noble ideas. He’s not just Breaza’s hero, but whole nation’s, through the material and spiritual heritage he left behind. Among the places linked to the General’s memory, Breaza still preseves his storied building where he opened, in 1920, the Housewife’s...Pret carburant
