Prince Charles helps Transylvania
Topic: News, Travel (Sep 19, 2006)
Prince Charles is looking to buy a house in Transylvania, the part of Romania associated with his distant relative Vlad “Dracula” the Impaler.
The prince has no plans to move to Romania, The Telegraph reports. But he is a patron of the Mihai Eminescu Trust, which has renovated medieval houses and churches in the Romanian region called Transylvania and works to keep traditional crafts alive.
Charles reportedly plans to buy a house in Viscri, the village where the trust is headquartered, have it restored and then rent it to tourists to help build sustainable tourism in the area.
Vlad the Impaler, a 15th century ruler in Walachia (what is now the South of Romania), helped hold off the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. While he was known for his bloodthirsty dealings with his enemies, he is a national hero in Romania.
Bram Stoker used Vlad, who supposedly ate bread soaked in his enemies’ blood, as a model for Dracula.
Prince Charles’ great-grandmother, Queen Mary, was said to be related to Vlad’s family.
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