Is there really a Dracula Castle? A lot of you heard of the bloody vampire Dracula living in a legendary country called Transylvania. But is there really such a place? And was there really such a vampire? There surely is some true to this story and we are about to unravel the mystery ... Who was Dracula the vampire? The first question that comes to mind is of course: Who was this Dracula guy? Interesting enough Dracula was actually a real person who lived in medieval Romania between years 1431 and 1476. His name was Vlad Basarab the third, mostly known as Vlad the Impaler, called like this because of his favorite killing and torture method: impalement. He was the ruler of Wallachia, the most southern romanian region, stretching between the Danube in the South and the Carpathians in the North. The capital of this region was the city of Targoviste, so that was actually the ruler's head quarters and the place from where he ruled at that time. So you might be disappointed to learn that Dracula never lived in Bran Castle, the place known today as the Dracula Castle. But we will get there in a moment... From Vlad the Impaler to Dracula The real Vlad III Basarab was born in a house in the Sighisoara Fortress in 1431 and was the son of the Walachian voivode Vlad II Dracul ( 1390-1447). Vald II was a knight of the Dragon Order, a medieval military order set up by the emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg, which had as an emblem a Dragon. Vlad II felt so proud for being a member of this great order that he would wear the symbol of the Dragon everywhere he went. This is why the people started calling him Vlad Dracul, meaning "the devil"
Is there really a Dracula Castle? A lot of you heard of the bloody vampire Dracula living in a legendary country called Transylvania. But is there really such a place? And was there really such a vampire? There surely is some true to this story and we are about to unravel the mystery … Who was Dracula the vampire? The
