Talk:Bran Castle

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The fortress has been built during 1377-1380 (1382?) as a border citadel of the Hungarian Kingdom, defending one of the main road towards the Southern Carpathians territory. Some are connecting it with Dracula's Legend, but in fact, it has never been the property of Wallachian princes. After 1498, the fortress was under the rule of the town of Brasov. In 1917, the town donated the castle to the Emperor of Austro-Hungary. After the end of World War I, the castle has been donated once again by the city of Brasov, but this time to Queen Mary Of Romania (Marie of Edinburgh). After her death, in 1938, the castle passed to Princess Ileana's (lately Mother Alexandra) property, Queen Mary's daughter, and the archduke Anton of Habsburg's wife. After the forced abdication of Romania's Royal Family (1947), the castle passed into Romanian state property, and in 1950 was granted as National Monument. Nowadays, it is a museum.

Ph.D. Bogdan-Florin POPOVICI, Brasov, Romania (bogdanpopovici@yahoo.com) (with some corrections)

[edit] Easily mistaken as Dracula's castle

Please remove if this is breaking rules, text is copied from http://www.draculascastle.com/html/branint1.html

Bran castle should not be mistaken for the actual Castle Dracula (now in ruins), 
which is located on the Arges River, at a more secluded  site.

Prince Vlad spent, I believe, one night there. Hence the 'Dracula's Castle' legend. Vlad was a Romanian, not Transylvanian prince (when they were separate entities). 76.80.13.225 20:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)