The Infamous Castle Dracula

The Infamous Castle Dracula The Infamous Castle Dracula Does one think of Transylvania as an imaginary, dark malignant location where vampires live? Transylvania forms a circle of mountains called the Carpathians and inside of this circle there s a high... More

The Infamous Castle Dracula The Infamous Castle Dracula Does one think of Transylvania as an imaginary, dark malignant location where vampires live? Transylvania forms a circle of mountains called the Carpathians and inside of this circle there s a high plateau. Transylvania literally means "land beyond the forest. " Bram Stoker, the writer who made Dracula renowned, called Transylvania "one of the wildest and least-known portions of Europe. " At the end of WW 1, in 1919, the Romanians acquired Transylvania from Hungary. Many years later, after World War II, Romania became a communist nation. Romania became a democratic republic in 1990. Today s regions of Transylvania reveal its historical past with Roman remains, feudal fortresses, Byzantine monasteries, and quaintly decorated villages. Transylvania, like Romania, has had a troubled history. Transylvania was ruled by Hungary before Ottoman Turks took over in the 1400s. One ruler, Prince Vlad Dracul (sometimes known as Prince V Less