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Oct 28, 2013 · 2. Poenari Fortress. Considered to be the real castle of Dracula, Poenari Fortress is located on a cliff in the village of the Arefu commune. It was built at the turn of the 13th century by the rulers of Wallachia and in the 15th century it was made a primary fortress by Vlad the Impaler. After his death, the castle was abandoned and has been ...
Oct 4, 2019 · “What The Friday?!?!” Can You Sleepover In Vlad The Impaler’s Bran Castle? By johnrieber on October 4, 2019 • ( 35) Grab A Coffin And Spend The Night! I have a “Shocktober” edition of “What The Friday”, and it takes place at Dracula’s house – well, castle that is! Yes, this is real! A few years ago, someone was lucky enough ...
Apr 2, 2021 · Constructed between 1377 and 1388 by Teutonic knights, Bran Castle was perched on a strategic vantage point with a view of Bran Pass, a heavily traveled mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia, the region under Vlad the Impaler's control in the fifteenth century.
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Sep 5, 2023 · Bram Stoker’s popular novel Dracula holds a significant connection to the history of Bran Castle. In the novel, Count Dracula, the bloodthirsty vampire, lives in a castle that looks very much like Bran Castle. As a result, people started to assume that the real person that served as inspiration for Dracula – the cruel Vlad the Impaler ...
Jan 1, 2024 · A bus ticket to Bran costs 8 Lei (£1.35/$1.86) one way. The journey will take around 50 minutes to an hour. You’ll be dropped off in Bran village and it’s a short walk to the castle from there. Brasov to Bran Castle by taxi: There is the option to take a taxi which is around £20/$30 USD one way.
Poenari Castle: the real Dracula Castle. Hidden by a lush forest and perched on top of a cliff at an altitude of 850 meters, you will find Poenari Castle, the residence of Vlad the Impaler also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad III, a ruling prince of Wallachia (Romania’s region South of the Romanian Carpathian Mountains) in the 15th century.
Vlad the Impaler’s castle was in near the small town of Arefu, not too far from Bran Castle. Bran Castle is located on the border of what was Wallachia and Transylvania. Vlad was ruler of Wallachia, and his castle was in Wallachia. Vlad’s castle was Poenari Castle. It is located in the middle of present-day Romania, about 100 miles ...
