Bran is the mysterious and enticing castle of Count Dracula!

Count Vladislav III Tepes (or Count Dracula) -the most famous vampire in the world. Once this bloodthirsty governor-governor lived in Romania, or rather in one of its parts - Transylvania. Centuries have passed, the epochs have changed each other more than once, already there is no main vampire of all times and peoples, and his dwelling still stands at home. The castle of Count Dracula in Romania is the most famous and mystical place in the whole world! About this and talk.

To tourists for joy

The castle of Count Dracula is better known as the Bran Castle. This is the same architectural structure that became widely known all over the world after the publication of the novel about Dracula writer Bram Stoker. Today it is the most mysterious and mystical monument of architecture in the whole world. It is noteworthy that from that time to the present day Count Dracula's castle has not changed at all! Look at the photo, it's true, beautiful?

Of course, unlike the time when everyonewalked around the dwelling of the main vampire by the side, today is the place where the castle of Count Dracula reverently and proudly rises on top of the cliff over the whole of Transylvania, the most recognizable and visited by tourists. Yes friends! This is not an exaggeration! Today, true lovers and connoisseurs of thrills from around the world are eager to visit the "bloody" house of Count Dracula! Look at it and you will not regret it!

Bran is beautiful and mysterious!

The bloodthirsty vampire, really, hardly couldwould choose for themselves a home more worthy than a huge beautiful castle! Bran is known for its intricate transitions, as well as underground labyrinths, rooms and halls. According to the legend, one of its entrances generally starts right from the well, located on the inner courtyard of the castle! Tourists visiting these rooms unanimously repeat that the house is literally soaked with the spirit of the legendary Romanian voivode Vladislav Tepes.

Meanwhile, the castle of Count Dracula was built in1382 as an important strategic point. The fact is that once it was a defensive fortress. After all, it was not for nothing that it was erected on the very top of the rock, and, moreover, it was given a trapezoid shape. The huge windows of Bran Castle served as a kind of control point for all Romanian trade routes. Then in this place the border between Transylvania and Wallachia lay.

Vladislav III Draconic

According to historical data, the castle of Count Draculanever legally belonged to Vlad Tsepesh himself. However, historians believe that the count systematically visited Bran. In it, he was engaged in terrible affairs: he was bloody torturing his enemies.

During his lifetime, the Romanian ruler planted a stakemore than forty thousand (!) people! That's why he was nicknamed "bloody". Subsequently, Vlad III was called a ghoul, a vampire. The vampire in Romania had an associative meaning with the dragon (in Romanian - dracula), and the dracula is a diminutive romanian word denoting a "dragon" in Russian.

It was with Vlad Tepesha that the image of the mythicalVampire Dracula in the novel by Bram Stoker. So it turns out that both Dracula - a real historical governor and fictional vampire left behind a bloody and gloomy heritage, which to this day pleases the eyes of Romanian residents, as well as tourists from all over the world!

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