BRAN CASTLE

Bran Castle is a historical and architectural monument, located in Bran-Rucăr, 30 km from Brasov . Initially, the Bran Castle was a fortress of "temporary" military purpose, irregular quadrilateral.

Bran Castle is built on a rock in a key strategic point of view.

A document issued by King Louis I of Hungary (1342-1382) 19 noimebrie 1377 in Zvolen confirmed Saxons of Brasov Seat the right to raise, as promised at the expense of their masters and a new city The stoneBran.

In 1920, Brasov City Council donated the Bran Castle to Queen Marie of Romania , in recognition of his contribution to the achievement of the Great Union of 1 december 1918. The queen arranged and bequeathed to her daughter, Princess Ileana , sister of King Charles II . After expulsion from the country of the royal family in 1948 , the Bran Castle became the property of the Romanian State, being abandoned and devastated. The castle was then reopened the public visits in 1956, was aranged as part of his history and feudal art museum.

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There are several legends connected to the building of Bran Castle, the majority of which are connected to the Teutonic Knights brought by King Andrew II to defend the boundaries of Transylvania and to conquer new territories outside of the Carpathian Mountains (1211). According to the legend, the first stone for building the castle was laid by a Teutonic Knight named Theodoric (Dietrich). Bran Castle Legend is connected to the legend of Dracula.

The legend of Dracula became a myth in the 19th and the 20th centuries. This legend is connected to the historical figure of Romanian Count Vlad the Impaler, famous for his unlimited cruelty. The scripts from the 15th century have told his legend as two different images of the Count, one which presents him as a tyrant and the other as a severe, unmerciful ruler but who loved the country and who was brave, a deadly enemy of the Turks.