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CASTLE BRAN
Bran really does look the part, as though it ought to be Dracula’s Castle. The truth is that Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Ţepeş) - the inspiration behind part of the Dracula myth - never spent much time here. The ruins of his real castle are at Poienari, on the other side of the Carpathians. Perched on a rock, strategically overlooking one of the most important mediaeval trading routes in this part of Europe. The castle was constructed in 1377 to guard the mountain pass.
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