Bran Castle,
well known as Dracula's Castle
Legendary name, royal name, name which guide
you to the beautiful medieval castles from Romania. Words like: Legend,
King, beautiful should be enough for attracting visitors, to incite the
interest of Legend lovers, lovers of the beauties and, why not, kings
and queens stories lovers…
At
Bran Castle you will find all of these.
Bran Castle - inside patio
At time when Castles of Loire Valley hardly started to rise,
at times when Alcaz Castle from Toledo, the biggest city in Spain, almost was finished,
in 1377, the king Ludovic I de Anjou, began the construction of Bran Castles,
to fortify the one of the kingdom gates against ottoman danger.
In 1382 The castle already was
finished.
Ten years late, the castle has belonged to the voivode of Romanian country, Mircea cel Batran.
After his death, the castle has belonged to princes of Transylvania.
Vlad Tepes, well-known as Dracula (The Devil),
made this castle his residence.
Bran Castle was used by Dracula
Voivode as fortified citadel on the fight with
ottomans.
Under its walls were hard fights againsts
ottomans, which were defended.
The castle was a princely
prison, too.
At the end of XIX century, the castle was
abandonment. In 1920 the castle was lived by Royal Family of
Romania, which made some changes.
Nowadays, the castle is a
splendid Museum of Medieval Art. The visitor is impressed by
massiveness of building.
Because this is a place that would need some more time to visit than just a few lines and two or three pics, I decided to come back for a "walk" around and inside the castel, with more datas about its history.
Let me be your touristic guide for this Sommer!
With friendship,
Anamaria