Sitnyakovo ( bg, Ситняково) is a summer royal residence in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. It is located on Rila mountain. The residence was built on commission by Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. Sitnyakovo is situated in close proximity to the Borovets resort and the

Tsarska Bistritsa Tsarska Bistritsa ("Tsar's Bistritsa"; bg, Царска Бистрица) is a former royal palace in southwestern Bulgaria, high in the Rila Mountains, just above the resort of Borovets and near the banks of the Bistritsa River. Built between 18 ...

palace. It was designed by architect

Georgi Fingov Georgi Dimitrov Fingov ( bg, Георги Димитров Фингов; 1874–1944) was a Bulgarian architect who was particularly influenced by French Art Nouveau and is regarded as the first prominent representative of the Bulgarian Secessio ...

and built in 1904. The house carry architectural features akin to the Tsarska Bistritsa hunting residence – the traditional utilitarian high-mountain construction with coherent art nouveau decorations and interior furnishing.http://www.kingsimeon.bg/pages/show/id/183 Official site of H.M. King Simeon II In 1913, at Sitnyakovo, Ferdinand I signed the treaty among the Balkan countries ahead of the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

. After the fall of the monarchy, during the communist regime, Sitnyakovo was used by the Writer's Union. This royal residence was returned to

Tsar Simeon II Simeon Borisov von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( bg, Симеон Борисов Сакскобургготски, translit=Simeon Borisov Sakskoburggotski, ; born 16 June 1937) is a Bulgarian politician who reigned as the last tsar of the Kingdom of Bul ...

after the liberation in the 1990s. BASA-3K-15-442-2-Tsarska Bistritsa

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Official site of H.M. King Simeon II
Art Nouveau architecture in Bulgaria Royal residences in Bulgaria Houses completed in 1904 Palaces in Bulgaria Art Nouveau houses Borovets {{Bulgaria-struct-stub