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.
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Dracula’s Castle returned (but not to Dracula in person)
Topic: News, Travel (May 26, 2006)
The Bran Castle in Central Romania, the fortress the legend says belonged to Dracula but where the real, Middle Age Wallachian leader thought to be Dracula was once imprisoned was returned to its old owners, the Habsburg family, on Friday. The Gothic fortress, perched on a rock, has appeared in numerous Dracula movies.
The retrocession process gives the castle to Dominic von Habsburg, a US architect and son of Princess Ileana of Romania.
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