Dracula - Myth and reality

The Bran Castle is on of the most important tourist objectives of Romania and Brasov, more specific. According to the historians the Bran fortress was build between 1377 and 1378. Ludovic de Anjou let the people from Brasov build a stone fortress using their own money and work force.

Castle Bran

The Castle was given to Queen Mary of Romania, as a symbol of respect for her contribution to the Reunion on the 1st of December 1918, by the Brasov Community in 1920. After the royal family departure from the country in 1948, the Bran Castle was under the Romanian State.

Presently, according to an evaluation its value rises to 25 million dollars, but the historical value and the association with the Dracula Character cannot be measured. The Castle was retro ceded not to the descendents of Dracula, but to the nephews of Queen Mary.

The actual owner, Dominic de Habsburg is the son of Archduke Anton of Austria and Princess Ileana of Romania, nephew of King Ferdinand and Queen Mary of Romania. In the retrocede contract it is stated that the Bran Museum remains open to the public for 3 years and the Romanian state has the right to be the first taken into consideration when selling.