Bran Castle, Bran, Brașov County, Romania
Bran Castle (Castelul Bran) is a historic monument and landmark situated in central Romania. It is located at the top of a 200 feet high rock in Bran near the city of Brașov and on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia.
Built on the site of a Teutonic Knights stronghold dating from 1212, Bran Castle was first documented in an act issued in November 1377 which gave the Saxons of Kronstadt (Brașov) the privilege to build it. From 1920 to 1948 Bran Castle served as a royal residence, a gift of the people of Brașov to Queen Marie of Romania. The castle is now a museum open to tourists and displays art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Narrow winding stairways lead through some 60 timbered rooms, many connected by underground passages, which house collections of furniture, weapons and armour dating from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Dracula. Commonly known outside Romania as "Dracula's Castle" (although it is one among several locations linked to the Dracula legend), it is often erroneously referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula". There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode (ruler) of Wallachia, the putative inspiration for Dracula. Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional castle also bears no resemblance to Bran Castle.
Date: 6th June 2018
Location: Bran, Brașov County, Romania
Built on the site of a Teutonic Knights stronghold dating from 1212, Bran Castle was first documented in an act issued in November 1377 which gave the Saxons of Kronstadt (Brașov) the privilege to build it. From 1920 to 1948 Bran Castle served as a royal residence, a gift of the people of Brașov to Queen Marie of Romania. The castle is now a museum open to tourists and displays art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Narrow winding stairways lead through some 60 timbered rooms, many connected by underground passages, which house collections of furniture, weapons and armour dating from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Dracula. Commonly known outside Romania as "Dracula's Castle" (although it is one among several locations linked to the Dracula legend), it is often erroneously referred to as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula". There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode (ruler) of Wallachia, the putative inspiration for Dracula. Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional castle also bears no resemblance to Bran Castle.
Date: 6th June 2018
Location: Bran, Brașov County, Romania
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