Would you like to go to the Drcula's Castle?(in Romania).Do you thinck it's a mith or it's true?

Answer 1

Bravo to Jelena & HeartsnMinds. It's definitely a myth. Vampires are unknown in our culture;they're a Serbian thing (am I right, Jelena?) And Kostova's book is also rubbish. But all that should by no meansd stop you to go. Romania is THE MOST WONDERFUL country in...let's just say Europe.

Answer 2

Yes, I'd like to see Bran Castle, even though Vlad Tepes didn't actually live there for very long. I'd actually go to Romania just to see Romania, though, not just for Bran Castle or for the Dracula myth, which seems to be the only thing most people know Romania for ;) Romania's a pretty enough country for its own sake for people to need to start learning about it, and appreciating it, beyond the Dracula cliche. And yes, the vampire thing is a myth, even though Vlad Tepes was indeed a real person--certainly real enough to the hundreds of Turks he famously impaled. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the historical sites associated with Mihai Viteazul or Stefan cel Mare, too--and they didn't need a vampire myth to become important!

Answer 3

"Bran Castle

Castle, situated near Braşov in Romania, is a national monument and landmark. It was built by the Teutonic Knights in (or around) 1212, after they had been relocated from Palestine to the Kingdom of Hungary.

The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on Highway 73. In addition to its unique architecture, the castle is famous because of persistent myths that it was once the home of Vlad the Impaler, a famous or infamous medieval warlord; however, there is no evidence that he ever lived there. According to most accounts, the Impaler spent two days in the Bran dungeon, as the area was occupied by the Ottoman Empire at the time. Because of the (disputed) connections between Vlad and the fictional character Dracula, the castle is marketed to foreign tourists as Dracula's Castle; see below.

The castle is open to tourists, who can view the inside by themselves or as part of a guided tour. At the bottom of the hill is a small park to which examples of traditional Romanian peasant structures (cottages, barns, etc.) from across the country have been moved.

The castle passed through royal hands for many generations. For many years at the beginning of the C20, it was the principal home of Queen Marie, who, despite her British birth and upbringing, became quite a Romanian patriot. The castle is decorated largely with artifacts from her time, including traditional furniture and tapestries that she collected to highlight Romanian crafts and skills. It was inherited by her daughter Princess Ileana of Romania, and was later seized by the Communist government of Romania in 1948. For many years it was tended to erratically, but after 1980s restoration and the Romanian Revolution of 1989, it became a tourist destination. The legal heir of the castle is the Princess's son Dominic von Habsburg and in 2006 the Romanian government returned it to him[1] (Habsburg is an architect in New York City[2])."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bran_Castle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bran_Castle.jpg

Answer 4

Yes, it would be interesting to go there. Dracula that we know from the movies is myth of popular culture, Hollywood based story, but Vlad Tsepes really existed, he defended from Turks with great courage, and Dracula is based on him. They say he was cruel to Turks, but I think that he couldn't be enough cruel to them, based on the fact what a evil they were for all people from Balkan. I think the villagers from Transylvania consider him as a hero, if so, I agree.

Answer 5

After reading The Historian, I wanna go to Hungary and Romania!! I think Drakulya ( it's spelt that way in the bk) really existed. XD

Answer 6

The castle is real. Dracula was a real guy, but he wasn't a vampire. Not really interested in travelling all that way to see some dank, musty, old, stone house.

Answer 7

I would love to go there. It is a lot of myth based on an interesting figure in history, Vlad the Impaler.

Answer 8

There was a count dracula but he was not a vampire. He was a very powerfull guy that did a lot of bloody things to his enemys.