![]() ![]() ![]() This castle was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242. In 1212, the Teutonic Order built the wooden castle of Dietrichstein as a fortified position in the Burzenland at the entrance to a mountain pass through which traders had travelled for more than a millennium. History Wooden castle of the German Order At the bottom of the hill is a small open-air museum exhibiting traditional Romanian peasant structures (cottages, barns, water-driven machinery, etc.) from the Bran region. ![]() Tourists can see the interior on their own or by a guided tour. The castle is now a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie. Stoker's description of Dracula's crumbling fictional castle also bears no resemblance to Bran Castle. There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler, voivode of Wallachia, who shares his name with Dracula. The fortress is on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia, on road DN73.Ĭommonly known outside Transylvania as Dracula's Castle, it is marketed as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. It is a national monument and landmark in Transylvania. Bran Castle ( Romanian: Castelul Bran German: Schloss Bran or Die Törzburg Hungarian: Törcsvári kastély) is a castle in Bran, 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Brașov. ![]()
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