The Bran Castle can to be the Dracula ‘s Castle? Or is simply the fantasy Dracula’s myth of the stories , legends and the traditional ‘s faiths by Transylvania! Ghosts, vampires, blood, ladies… At end , the our think?
We enter in 12th century in year 1242 when the Teutonic Chevaliers build a fortress for the territory’s protection by the invasion of Mongol( tartare) peoples. The population is decimate and the fortress destroyed . Afterward in 13 th century the Hungarian King Ludovic I of Anjou according the ethic allemande’s peoples of Brasov region to build a Castel on rock (Bran Castle)in the Bran village, a strategic of defense emplacement and the customs point for Transylvania and Walachia. Over the years succeeded the Hungarian and Romanian Principles, Kings ( Sigismund of Luxemburg , Mircea cel Batran( Mircea Old ), Iancu de Hunedoara, Vlad Tepes ( Vlad Dracula) that have halted the Empire Ottoman in Europe. With the year 1920 it become the favorite residence of summer by the Queen Maria of Romania. In same poste in rock walls rested for forever the heart by Queen Maria keeping into silver box embedded precious stones. In turn the Bran Castle is left inheritance his daughter Princess Ileana married with archduke Anton by Austria . Today is rebuild , extends and hosting the Art medieval Museum ( ceramic , furniture, arm , armor) under the her follower protection archduke Dominic by Hapsburg. And Vlad Dracula ? Vampire by Transylvania? It’s only a fantasy by irish romancier Bram Stoker. The story is linked by Dragulesti’s families , the father Vlad II Dragon leaves the heritage his son Vlad III “ the chevalier Dragon order” an religieuse order of Christianism extinction in Europe. Of course and the cruelty, capital punishments making country enemies ( blindness, decapitation, burned alive…. and pull in pale).
The Castle Bran remain a post of history by Transylvania into amazing landscape. The magic post enters in admiration in tourists’ attention. Visit and enter in History by Transylvania’s Castles !

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