Poenari Castle Wallachia, Romania
Oct 5, 2023 19:04:42 #
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/poenari-castle-vlad-the-impaler?
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Even without its bloody historic ties, Poenari Castle, also known as Poenari Fortress, would be a majestic, exciting place to explore on its own merit. Architecture buffs would marvel at the 13th century mortar work, lovers of fantastic scenery would find the cliffside view mind-blowing. Poenari Castle doesn’t need a sordid story to be spectacular, but it happens to have that as well.
The story is a legendary one and to many, a confusing mixture of truth, history, legend, and fiction due to the convolution between the novel “Dracula” and the factual history of Vlad III Dracula “The Impaler”, whose name inspired the book. Bram Stoker modeled some of his main character on the more basic facts about Dracula’s actual life, but his knowledge of Romanian history and the true story of Vlad the Impaler remains suspect.
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Even without its bloody historic ties, Poenari Castle, also known as Poenari Fortress, would be a majestic, exciting place to explore on its own merit. Architecture buffs would marvel at the 13th century mortar work, lovers of fantastic scenery would find the cliffside view mind-blowing. Poenari Castle doesn’t need a sordid story to be spectacular, but it happens to have that as well.
The story is a legendary one and to many, a confusing mixture of truth, history, legend, and fiction due to the convolution between the novel “Dracula” and the factual history of Vlad III Dracula “The Impaler”, whose name inspired the book. Bram Stoker modeled some of his main character on the more basic facts about Dracula’s actual life, but his knowledge of Romanian history and the true story of Vlad the Impaler remains suspect.
Oct 5, 2023 21:30:23 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
I have been to Ponari Castle on the Arges River a beautiful part of Romania. There are several other sites in Romania associated with Vlad Tepes which are also interesting. Vlad Tepes did keep the Turks from taking Vienna.
România este o țară frumoasă și interesantă. Sper sa vizitezi cat de curand. Atenție la strigoi. Drum Bun.
România este o țară frumoasă și interesantă. Sper sa vizitezi cat de curand. Atenție la strigoi. Drum Bun.
Oct 5, 2023 22:10:40 #
fetzler wrote:
I have been to Ponari Castle on the Arges River a beautiful part of Romania. There are several other sites in Romania associated with Vlad Tepes which are also interesting. Vlad Tepes did keep the Turks from taking Vienna.
România este o țară frumoasă și interesantă. Sper sa vizitezi cat de curand. Atenție la strigoi. Drum Bun.
România este o țară frumoasă și interesantă. Sper sa vizitezi cat de curand. Atenție la strigoi. Drum Bun.
Oct 6, 2023 08:57:30 #
bcheary wrote:
In the 13th century! How did they di that? Just amazing architecture!!!
Oct 6, 2023 12:23:01 #
junglejim1949 wrote:
In the 13th century! How did they di that? Just amazing architecture!!!
Good question. Amazing artisans.
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