Bran Castle ( Dracula `s Castle ) The second most expensive in the world

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Bran Castle - situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on Highway 73. Commonly known as "Dracula's Castle"

The so-called Dracula myth has its origins in Vlad Basarab, the father of the future king Vlad the Impaler - Dracula becoming member of the Order of the Dragon, on the 8th of February 1431.

Upon becoming king of Wallachia, Vlad Basarab proceeds to use the image of the dragon not only on his personal seal but also on the coins minted during his reign. This is the reason why his contemporaries calling him Vlad Dracul i.e. Vlad the Devil while the rest of his family as well as his ancestors were called Draculesti i.e. Devilish. His second born, also called Vlad, who was to rule Wallachia between 1456 and 1462 was called by the Turks, Seitanoglu i.e. the Devil's Son or, Kaziklu i.e. the one who
impales - after the usual punishment to wrongdoers.

In 1897, the famous fictional character Dracula comes to (after-) life in London, out of the Irishman Bram Stoker's pen - a novel considered by Oscar Wilde to be one of the best novel of all times.

The relationship between Bram Stoker's fictional character and king Vlad the Impaler is the one suggested by the author himself: "there was indeed a king Dracula who earned his name fighting against the Ottoman's, over the great river, right on the border with the Ottoman Empire"

Moreover, Bram Stoker never visited Transylvania and only used some maps given by England's libraries to conjure up his vampire-tale.

The Bran Castle from Romania, has just been chosen by CNN as one of the top 10 most beautiful castles in the world.

See more about Bran Castle - one of the most beautiful castles in the world , and the second most expensive castle in the world .

Bran Castle ( Dracula `s Castle ) The second most expensive in the world

Less then 30 km from Brasov, on the road from Brasov to ampulung Muscel, at the border of the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi Mountains, is located Bran

Thus, the Bran castle - better known as Dracula's Castle - is one of the most valuable architectural monuments that also had precise military and economic functions - which are extensively presented by the scholar Ioan Prahoveanu in his work, The Bran Castle.

Bran Castle the most expensive historical building with residential purposes in Central and Eastern Europe with a value of 140 million USD, according to a new Forbes list. It`s the second most expensive world properties in Forbes.

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