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.

LE MONDE  18.Apr.2001 "Dans les Carpates, Dracula aura son parc d'attractions"

"On Transylvanian Alps, Dracula will have his entertainment park"

Dracula was the Wallachia (Medieval Romania) king. His hystorical name was Vlad Tepes (Vlad Sliver). Vlad was born in Sighisoara. He was very cruel, especially with thiefs and enemies. The only radical low applied was dead trough splinter. The condamned was introduced in the tip of a tall sliver (3 meters), vertically fixed on the ground. The death was produced by the loose of the blood. Vampires? Never know the true of the Dracula Vampire Legend.

Bran Castle, well known as Dracula's Castle

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.