The Castle of Bran "Between myth and reality"

Sunday, June 29, 2008


Surrounded of one mystery will have and of legend, the castle of Bran owes its reputation A are charm single and with the myth creates by the Stoker writer around tell Dracula.
The castles of Bran formed part of a whole of citadels on the border.
In XVème century (1377) contemporary time of Louis 1er from Anjou king of Hungary.
This one was built on a rock with 60m height, a fitting exceptional, of the secret parts and the narrow corridors, in make a true labyrinth.
This castle was intended to be a strategic point, soldier and commercial.
In the court interior, there is a fountain of 57m of depth, undergrounds a baker's oven and a prison.
In 1920 the Marie queen, niece of the queen Victoria de Grande Brittany received this castle in gift of the town of Brasov. This one acted as residence of summer.
The legend says that the heart of the Marie queen kept in one limp of money and was discovered in a secret niche.

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