🏰 Bran Castle is a medieval castle located in the Southern Carpathian Mountains, 30 kilometres away from Brașov. Perched high atop a 70 m high rock, Bran Castle owes its fame to its imposing towers and turrets as well as to the myth created around Bram Stocker's Dracula. Although Stoker never visited Transylvania, the Irish author relied on research and his imagination to create the dark and intimidating story of Count Dracula.
🏰 The history of the castle begins many centuries ago. Built on the site of a Teutonic Knights stronghold dating from 13th century, Bran castle was first documented in 1377, when the Saxons of Kronstadt (Brașov) received the right to build the Citadel. Its privileged location, in the Bran-Rucar Pass, gave it a strategic role. Considering the risk of attacks over the commercial convoys, but also the constant threat of the Ottoman Empire, the fortress was destined to serve a military function besides its border point role.
From 1920 to 1948 Bran served as royal residence, a gift of the people of Brasov to Queen Marie of Romania. The castle is now a museum open to tourists, displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie.
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