5 Places Where Dracula Checked In
Getting Some Fresh Air at the Bran Castle
If you read Bram Stoker’s Dracula, you certainly remember the Bloody Count’s haughty castle, built on the top of a high cliff, imposingly guarding the river’s valley that sneakily snakes through Transylvania’s Principality. Well, here you are, traveler fellow!
Vlad Tepes is, indeed, connected to this enchanting place. It’s said that he led several punishment campaigns here: German merchants from Brasov (the county where the castle is located) who refused to obey him and pay their taxes were “rewarded” with the Impaler’s peculiar disciplinary treatment.
Another spooky fact about Bran is that some inhabitants living in its neighboring strongly believe in the existence of evil spirits called strigoi. These creatures are actually normal, living people, whose spirits leave their body once the night conquers the day and start hunting the other villagers while they sleep. And they hunt, and they hunt, all night long and until the first rooster starts singing. When do these guys have the time to rest?!
Needless to say, this is nothing but an unproven (yet entertaining, we have to admit it) belief.
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