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    Poenari Castle (Romanian pronunciation: [po.eˈnarʲ]), also known as Poenari Citadel (Cetatea Poenari in Romanian), is a ruined castle in Romania which...
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    cross placed in the park Castles in Romania Poenari Castle, an authentic Vlad the Impaler castle ruin Peleș Castle Corvin Castle Tourism in Romania Seven...
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  • district in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County Poenari Castle, Vlad III the Impaler's castle Poenari, a small handmade fountain pens factory in Romania...
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    Peleș Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleș pronounced [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ] ) is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains...
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    Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul Corvinilor; Hungarian: Vajdahunyadi vár), is...
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    the Poenari Castle in Argeș County does not qualify as the "real" Dracula Castle; Stoker never heard of the Poenari Fortress. Both Bran Castle and the...
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    young boyars and their wives and children to build the Poenari Castle. The legend of the Poenari Castle was mentioned in 1747 by Neofit I, Metropolitan of...
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    it was captured by the French king and was the largest castle in the Loire valley. Poenari Castle, elevated on a clifftop 440 m over the river Argeș in...
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  • Dracula's Castle may refer to: The fictional Castle Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula Bran Castle, a tourist attraction in Romania Poenari Castle, a castle...
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    Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Bușteni, Romania, in the Zamora district, on the street bearing the same name. The building has a great architectural...
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    attacks and raids on Vlad III's mountain stronghold on the Argeș River, Poenari Castle. During his reign the Ottoman Sipahi's gained a strong foothold in the...
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    Efforts to promote the Poenari Castle (ca. 200 km away from the novel's place of action near the Borgo Pass) as the "real Castle Dracula" have no basis...
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  • Fortress, Câmpineanca Sihleanu-Grădișteanu-Ghica Castle, Sihlea Argeș (2) Oratea Fortress, Podu Dâmboviței Poenari Fortress, Căpățânenii Ungureni Brăila (1)...
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    the southern section of the road, near the village of Arefu, is Poenari Castle. The castle was the residence of Vlad Tepes aka Vlad the Impaler, that lore...
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    Săvârșin Castle (Romanian: Castelul Săvârșin, pronunciation: [səvɨrˈʃin]) is a large country house situated in Săvârșin Park, a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) private...
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    The Pelișor Castle (Romanian: Castelul Pelișor, pronunciation: [peliˈʃor], German: Schloß Klein Pelesch) is a castle in Sinaia, Romania, part of the same...
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    Bánffy Castle is an architectural monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with construction phases and stylistic...
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    Medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava (category Castles in Romania)
    Cetatea Sucevei; German: Sotschen Festung or Festung Suceava) is a fortified castle in the middle-sized town of Suceava, the county seat town of Suceava County...
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    elite of the city were killed, while the young were sent to work at his Poenari Castle. The Ottoman invasion of 1462 did not reach the city, being prevented...
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    The Huniade Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniade; Hungarian: Hunyadi-kastély; German: Schloss Hunyadi) is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built...
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    Suceava (category Castles in Romania)
    which is combined of the words szűcs (i.e. furrier, skinner) and vár (i.e. castle). This was taken over by Dimitrie Cantemir, who, in his work Descriptio...
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    Câmpulung (1969–), the Dinu Lipatti House at Ciolcești (1985–) and Poenari Castle at Arefu (2009–). The museum formerly had charge of Dâmbovicioara Cave...
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    Râșnov Fortress (category Castles in Romania)
    Mountains from the fortress Wikimedia Commons has media related to Râșnov Castle. Fortress info on the city's official tourism portal "Cetatea Rasnov". romanianmonasteries...
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  • S. October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22) 40 2 "Monahan Family Castle Transylvania Dare" Poenari Castle in Arefu, Romania October 22, 2005 (2005-10-22) 41 3 "Best...
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    Fortress of Deva (category Castles in Romania)
    Stephen V, King of Hungary and Duke of Transylvania, mentioned "the royal castle of Deva" in a privilege-grant for the Count Chyl of Kelling. The first records...
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    25.7272°E / 45.13567; 25.7272 The Iulia Hașdeu Castle is a folly built in the form of small castle by historian and politician Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu...
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    Făgăraș Citadel (category Castles in Romania)
    (Brâncovenești) Kornis Castle Lázár Castle Macea Castle Martinuzzi Castle Mikó Castle Neamț Citadel Peleș Castle Pelișor Castle Poenari Castle Râșnov Fortress...
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    (Brâncovenești) Kornis Castle Lázár Castle Macea Castle Martinuzzi Castle Mikó Castle Neamț Citadel Peleș Castle Pelișor Castle Poenari Castle Râșnov Fortress...
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    Macea Castle, also called Cernovici Castle or Csernovics Castle, is a castle located in Macea Commune, Arad County, Romania. It was built in the 19th century...
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    Neamț Citadel (category Castles in Romania)
    Transilvania. The Saxons have been settled in Transilvania (Siebenbürgen- seven castles) since then, 150 years before the founding of later principalities of Valachia...
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