3. Archeologists confirmed human presence of
inhabitants since 400 BC. Snagov village was
built around the Snagov monastery, founded in
the late 14th century on an islet in Lake Snagov,
about 2 km north of Snagov village. The first
written record of it is found in a document from
the court of Mircea cel Bătrân and dated 1408.
Snagov monastery was excavated in 1933 by
archaeologist Dinu V. Rosetti.[2]
4. 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. The commune is composed of five villages:
Ciofliceni, Ghermăneşti, Snagov, Tâncăbeşti and
Vlădiceasca. Snagov is a popular holiday resort, and
many villas have lately been built on the shores of
Snagov lake.
The name is of probably Bulgarian origin, from the word
sneg (meaning "snow"). It might also derived from the
Bulgarian snaga, meaning "human body".
5. Snagov area is a natural reservation, with two natural
protected areas - for fauna and flora : "Snagov Lake" (150
hectares)and "Snagov Forest" (10 hectares).
Lake Snagov, a lake with a surface of 5.75 km².
Snagov monastery, located on an islet on Snagov lake.
Snagov forest, the last remnant of the Codrii Vlăsiei a
large forest that once surrounded the town of Bucharest.
Siliştea Snagovului, a church built in 1664.
6.
7. 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.
Stadionul Snagov, a football stadium seating 2,000.
Near Tâncăbeşti, there is since 1949 a mediumwave
broadcasting station, which uses as antenna a 187 metres
tall guyed mast radiator. Tâncăbeşti transmitter, which
works on 855 kHz used before the 1990s a transmission
power of 1500 kW. Today it may be 300 kW.
