Count Vladislav III Tepes (or Count Dracula) is the most famous vampire in the world. Once this bloodthirsty ruler-voivode lived in Romania, or rather in one of its parts - Transylvania. Centuries have passed, epochs have changed each other more than once, and there is no longer the main vampire of all times and peoples, and his dwelling is still standing in his homeland. Count Dracula's Castle in Romania is the most famous and mystical place in the whole world! Let's talk about that.
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Count Dracula's castle is better known as Bran Castle. This is the same architectural structure that became widely known all over the world after the publication of the novel about Dracula by 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, isn't it beautiful?
Of course, unlike the time when everyone bypassed the dwelling of the main vampire, today the place where the castle of Count Dracula respectfully and proudly rises on top of a cliff over all of Transylvania is the most recognizable and visited by tourists. Yes friends! This is not an exaggeration! Today, true lovers and connoisseurs of thrills from all over the world tend to visit the "bloody" house of Count Dracula! Admire it and you won't regret it!
Bran is handsome and mysterious
A bloodthirsty vampire, indeed, could hardly have chosen a home more worthy than a huge beautiful castle! Bran is known for its intricate passages, as well as underground labyrinths, rooms and halls. According to legend, one of its entrances generally starts right from the well located in the courtyard of the castle! Tourists visiting these rooms unanimously say that the dwelling is literally saturated with the spirit of the legendary Romanian governor - Vladislav Tepes.
Meanwhile, Count Dracula's castle was built back in 1382 as an important strategic point. The fact is that once it was a defensive fortress. After all, it was not in vain that it was erected at the very top of the cliff, and besides, it was given a trapezoidal shape. The huge windows of Bran Castle served as a kind of control point for all Romanian trade routes. Then in this place lay the border between Transylvania and Wallachia.
Vladislav III Little Dragon
According to historical data, Count Dracula's castle neverlegally did not belong to Vlad the Impaler himself. However, historians believe that the earl visited Bran systematically. In it, he did terrible things: he carried out bloody tortures on his enemies.
During his life, the Romanian ruler impaled more than forty thousand (!) people! That is why it was called "bloody". Subsequently, Vlad III was called a ghoul, a vampire. A vampire in Romania had an associative meaning with a dragon (in Romanian - dracula), and dracula is a diminutive Romanian word meaning "dragon" in Russian.
It was from Vlad Tepes that the image of the mythical vampire Dracula was taken in Bram Stoker's novel. So it turns out that both Draculas - a real historical governor and a fictional vampire left behind a bloody and gloomy legacy, which to this day pleases the eyes of Romanian residents, as well as tourists from all over the world!
