#MacabroTurísticoVirtual: Take a Virtual Tour of Dracula's Castle (Bran Castle)

Like many museums and buildings considered historical heritage sites, which have temporarily closed their doors due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Bran Castle (Dracula's Castle) has also launched its own virtual tour so that all of the vampire's followers can get to know his fictional home.

To take the tour, click here: https://cutt.ly/4tG0Rb2 (abre en nueva pestaña)

About the Castle

Bran Castle is a medieval fortress located in the Transylvanian Alps (the Carpathian Mountains) in central Romania. Popularly identified with Dracula's Castle, it is one of Romania's main tourist attractions.

The fortress was built in 1211 by the knights of the Teutonic Order. In 1377, King Louis I of Hungary authorized the Transylvanian Saxons to build a castle, which was completed in 1388 and also served as a customs post for Transylvania, then considered a province of Hungary. In the early 15th century, King Sigismund of Hungary temporarily granted possession of the castle to Prince Mircea of Wallachia, who annexed the territory, which was under threat from the Turks. In 1441, János Hunyadi, governor of Transylvania, defeated the Ottoman army at the castle. After passing through various hands and undergoing modifications, the castle began to fall into decline around 1690, and although it was restored several times under local control to continue serving as a fortress, it had fallen into serious disrepair by 1880.

In 1920, the city of Brașov gave Bran Castle to Queen Marie of Romania, who restored the building and turned it into her summer residence, where she lived after the death of her husband, King Ferdinand I. Marie built the modern façade as well as the Tea House, which later became a restaurant.

Upon her death, her sister, Princess Ileana, was expelled from the country by the Communist regime in 1948. The post-communist Romanian government returned the castle to her son, Archduke Dominic of Habsburg, in 2009. The castle has continued to operate as a museum.

Bran Castle is frequently associated with the fictional vampire Dracula. The Romanian castle resembles Dracula's castle as described in Bram Stoker's novel, though he is said to have never visited Transylvania. Vlad the Impaler, the historical figure continually associated with Dracula, never lived in Bran Castle, although some sources report that he was held prisoner there for two months. Vlad, grandson of Mircea the Elder, was governor of Wallachia in the 15th century.

Source: DreadCentral.com (abre en nueva pestaña)

Image: Internet

Also visit the official website of Bran Castle: http://www.bran-castle.com/ (abre en nueva pestaña)