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Poenari Castle was constructed around the beginning of the 13th century by Wallachians. [3] Around the 14th century, Poenari (then known as Castle Arges) was the main citadel of the Basarab rulers. [4] [5] In the next few decades, the name and the residents changed a few times but eventually the castle was abandoned and left in ruins.
The ruins of the Poenari Fortress (considered to be the authentic Dracula's Castle) Dracula Museum in Bucharest, which presents both the story of real-life Dracula, the Wallachian prince Vlad III Dracula, aka the Impaler and also the one of the mythical Dracula, the blood-thirsty vampire; The village of Arefu, where Dracula legends are still told
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Ruins of Poenari Castle, the scene of a popular tale about Vlad Vlad the Impaler and the Turkish envoys, painting by Theodor Aman. The Cantacuzino Chronicle was the first Romanian historical work to record a tale about Vlad the Impaler, narrating the impalement of the old boyars of Târgoviște for the murder of his brother, Dan. [179]
Poenari may refer to several places in Romania: Poenari, a village in Ulmi Commune, Giurgiu County; Poenari, a district in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County; Poenari Castle, Vlad III the Impaler's castle; Poenari, a small handmade fountain pens factory in Romania.
Radu's father fled, but Mircea II was captured by boyars from Târgoviște and was blinded with a red-hot poker before being buried alive. A short time after their father was captured and killed by the forces of John Hunyadi, Vlad III was released in 1448 and was the Ottoman Turks' candidate for the throne of Wallachia, the first of a ...
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Dracula: Origin is a point-and-click adventure game for the PC based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.Released by Frogwares in 2008, it follows the company's catalogue of adventure games such as the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series.