Cantacuzino Castle - whose construction was completed in 1911, it is built in Neo-Romanian style; the total surface of the estate is over 3,000 square meters.
The Cantacuzino or Cantacuzène family, a princely family of Wallachia, Moldavia and Russia, descents from a branch of the Greek Kantakouzenos family, descended from the Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos (reigned 1347–1354). In Russia, the family received princely (Knyaz, as opposed to Velikij Knyaz) status. In 1944 Prince Ștefan Cantacuzino settled in Sweden.









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