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Bran Castle. Bran Castle (Romanian: Castelul Bran; German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg; Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. The castle was built by Saxons in 1377 who were given the privilege by Louis I of Hungary. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania.
The most well-known Dracula tourism locations to visit in Romania are: Bran Castle ("Castelul Bran"), considered to be the home of Dracula; The City of Sighișoara, where you can visit the house in which Vlad the Impaler was born
Bran Castle Făgăraș Castle Râșnov Fortress. László Béldi Castle, Budila; Bran Castle (Törzburg), Bran; Brâncoveanu Castle, Sâmbăta de Sus; Brașov ...
In 2007, Castle Dracula (Castle Bran) in Transylvania was briefly for sale for the low-low price of $100 million. Other vampire tours and events that specifically draw travelers to New Orleans and ...
Bran is located in the southern part of Brașov County, on or near the border with Dâmbovița and Argeș counties, and belongs to the historical sub-region of Țara Bârsei (Burzenland). It lies at the northern end of the Rucăr-Bran Pass ; national road DN73 , which runs through the pass, connects Brașov to Pitești , 111 km (69 mi) to the ...
In 1382, Bran Castle was built by the Transylvanian Saxons of Brașov to defend the Pass from the Ottomans. [2] In the year 1413, a customs post in the Pass was licensed by the ruler of Wallachia. This charged a duty on all goods brought through the Pass. [3] Southwards the usual trade route ran to Cetățeni, branching out to Popești and ...
Râșnov Fortress (Romanian: Cetatea Râșnov pronunciation: [ˈ r ɨ ʃ n o v], German: Rosenauer Burg, Hungarian: Barcarozsnyó vára) is a medieval Fliehburg-type fortress, which offered refuge for townspeople and villagers from the area in times of war.
Peleș Castle in summer Terrace Peleș Castle in the winter, 2014. Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ⓘ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914.