Bran Castle, located 30 km from Brasov between the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului Mountains in Romania, is the most popular tourist destination in the region, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually due to its association with the legend of Count Dracula. While Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler) only briefly stopped at the castle once historically, it was originally constructed in 1212 as a Teutonic Knights stronghold called Dietrichstein and was later conquered by Transylvanian Saxons in the 13th century.

1. Bran Castle, situated between the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului Mountains, 30
km far from Brasov, is the only touristic point that attracts hundreds of
thousands of tourists because of a legend: Count Dracula’s Legend, Hotels in
Branalthough the historical sources state that Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler)
dropped by only once, in his way to Brasov.
Initially, the Bran Castle (in Slavic „brana” means „gate”) was a stronghold
known as Dietrichstein, built by the Teutonic Knights in 1212, stronghold that
was conquered by the Saxons living in Transylvania towards the end of the
13th century.
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References :
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