Bran Castle - Dracula`s Castle - Bran House live webcam
The famous Bran Castle is one of the most recognizable landmarks from Romania and Transylvania all over the world.
The castle, which is a national monument, got really famous after Bram Stoker`s novel, Dracula. The depiction of Dracula`s Castle was based upon a description of Bran Castle, although the novelist never visited Transylvania. The associations with Vlad the Impaler, the voivode of Wallachia, are only purely fictional, mainly because the character of Dracula was inspired by the Wallachian ruler Vlad III Dracula or Vlad the Impaler. Today, most historians agree that Vlad III Dracula never set foot in Bran Castle.
Bran Castle, situated 25 kilometres southwest of Brasov, in the village of Bran (Törzburg in German, Törcsvár in Hungarian), was a fortress on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia.
The first wooden castle in the area was built in 1212 by the Teutonic Order, as a fortified position in Burzenland, based at the entrance of the mountain pass - an important commercial route. This castle was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242, just 30 years after it was built.
The stone castle, the one which is standing until this day, was first mentioned in an act issued by Louis I of Hungary, in 1377. This act gave the Saxons of Kronstadt the privilege to build their own stone castle at their own expense. That is when Bran, as a settlement, began to develop. The castle`s construction was completed in 1388.
In the present, Bran Castle operates as a museum and it is open for tourists and visitors from all over the world.
The castle, which is a national monument, got really famous after Bram Stoker`s novel, Dracula. The depiction of Dracula`s Castle was based upon a description of Bran Castle, although the novelist never visited Transylvania. The associations with Vlad the Impaler, the voivode of Wallachia, are only purely fictional, mainly because the character of Dracula was inspired by the Wallachian ruler Vlad III Dracula or Vlad the Impaler. Today, most historians agree that Vlad III Dracula never set foot in Bran Castle.
Bran Castle, situated 25 kilometres southwest of Brasov, in the village of Bran (Törzburg in German, Törcsvár in Hungarian), was a fortress on the Transylvanian side of the historical border with Wallachia.
The first wooden castle in the area was built in 1212 by the Teutonic Order, as a fortified position in Burzenland, based at the entrance of the mountain pass - an important commercial route. This castle was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242, just 30 years after it was built.
The stone castle, the one which is standing until this day, was first mentioned in an act issued by Louis I of Hungary, in 1377. This act gave the Saxons of Kronstadt the privilege to build their own stone castle at their own expense. That is when Bran, as a settlement, began to develop. The castle`s construction was completed in 1388.
In the present, Bran Castle operates as a museum and it is open for tourists and visitors from all over the world.
