Country Side Of Dracula
Transcript of Country Side Of Dracula
RomaniaCountry-side
of Dracula
Welcome to the place where I was born, Romania, the former kingdom of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula's
real-life persona)! Direct descendants of Roman legionnaires who
settled here more than 2000 years ago, Romanians will welcome you with bread, salt and wine.
Mysterious castles and secluded monasteries are part of Romania's breathtaking Carpathian
Mountains landscape.
Vlad is known in Romanian history as Vlad Tepes, that is, Vlad the Impaler, for his penchant for
impaling invaders, criminals, and personal enemies alike. Although some of his victims appear to have
been German colonists who built Bran Castle at the end of the 14th century, historians have cautioned that there is little or no connection at all between
Vlad the Impaler and Bran Castle.
Carpathian Mountains
Bran Castle, Transylvania
Popularly known as "Dracula's Castle,"
Bran Castle is spectacularly situated in
the Transylvania. Vlad Tepes (the Impaler), brutal inspiration for the Dracula legend, probably
never stayed here.
Vlad the Impaler
Dacians are a branch of Thracians that inhabitanted Dacia (corresponding to modern Romania and Moldova) and parts of Moesia (mostly in northern
Bulgaria in southeastern Europe). The Dacian kingdom reached its maximum expansion during King Burebista. The region came under the scrutiny of Rome when the Roman province, bordering along the Danube, Moesia, was attacked by the Dacians in 87 AD during Emperor Domitian's reign. The Dacians were
eventually defeated by the Roman Empire under Emperor Trajan in two campaigns stretching from 101 AD to 106 AD and the core of their kingdom
was turned into the Roman province of Dacia..
Sucevitza Church and Monastery, Bukovina
Voronetz Monastery, Bukovina
The Peles Castle, Sinaia
Sibiu – Statue of Gheorghe Lazar
The Museum of Arts and History, Iasi
The Athenaeum, Bucharest
Arcul de triumf - Bucharest
White Night of Bucharest Festival
University Square, Bucharest
with the statue of Mihai Viteazu in the foreground
National Theatre "I. L. Caragiale", Bucharest
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest
Timisoara - Opera
Danube Delta
In the Danube Delta
Danube Delta Swan
Râpa Roşie
Cheile-Aiudului
Râpa Roşie
Merry Cemetery
Săpânţa, Maramureş
Merry Cemetery
Săpânţa, Maramureş
ALBA IULIA
POIANA BRASOV
Lake Colibita
landscape
Carpathian Mountains -
landscape
Buucegi Mountains
Lake Bolboci
Carpathian Mountains –
Transfagarasan, lake Balea
Carpathian Mountains -
Apuseni
Carpathian
Mountains - Brasov
Carpathian Mountains -
Sphinx in Bucegi
Lake Bucura-
Retezat Mountains
Mamaia - Black Sea
Constanta - Cazino