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Dracula's castles

 
 

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Dracula's castles

Dracula's castles Dracula's castles The haunts that inspired Bram Stoker to create the lord of vampires is sure to send shivers down your spine. Could the Count still be lurking around these old ruins and abandoned castles? © René Mattes

The most famous site is Bran castle, located in the southern Carpathians, south from Brasov. Bram Stoker, the vampire's literary father (1897), must have been impressed with the view of the castle perched on a hilltop, at the far end of a mountain range, which used to be wild and deserted. It is therefore, as everyone knows, a Mecca for gothic literature. It is true that the image of this medieval castle is perfect as it is so mysterious and a touch gloomy. Except that Vlad Tepes's real castle, the prince who inspired the character of Dracula, is the citadel of Poenari, standing high on the top of a steep mountain, watching over the passageway between Wallachia and Transylvania. It is possible to climb the mountain to the fortress, but it is not really worth it as only few ruins remain.

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