By Rafael Morna, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Tamara Motorga; School: Samuil Vulcan National College
Bran Castle was initially built in 1212 to serve as a fortress. Today, tourists from all over the world come to visit the famous castle, which is known as being Dracula’s home, the first vampire ever.
Considering
that Vlad Ţepeş was compared to Dracula because of his authoritative reign and
the “blood thirst”, it was supposed that he lived in the Bran Castle, although
he never did. Bram Stoker chose him to be the main character in his novel, the
book being published in 1897.Bran Castle was initially built in 1212 to serve as a fortress. Today, tourists from all over the world come to visit the famous castle, which is known as being Dracula’s home, the first vampire ever.
The
castle is placed on a cliff at a distance of less than 18 miles from Braşov,
and at the moment, it serves as a
museum. It houses a whole collection of weapons, armors and furniture.
After
the legend of Dracula became known all over the world, over 700 movies have
been made, having Dracula, or at least vampires, as the subject of the movies.
Unfortunately, lots of writers and movie producers changed the traditional
story of Dracula, making it a XXI century story, not a XIII century story one.
Bran Castle
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Vlad Ţepeş was compared with Dracula, and it was suposed that he lived in Bran castle but he never did. Now, Bran castle is a museum, and it has inspired as lot of movies because of Dracula's legend.
ReplyDeleteIntersting to know the story behind al the Dracula movies. The castle looks very nice!
ReplyDeletethats an old fortress hope it lasts for a long time
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