Bran Castle is a medieval fortress in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania, near Brasov, built on a rock overlooking the pass between Transylvania and Wallachia. It was built by the Saxon inhabitants of Brasov, with permission from the Hungarian king Louis I, to guard the mountain pass and trade route, and it was used as a customs post. The castle is often linked to Dracula because of a supposed resemblance to the castle in Bram Stoker's novel, although Stoker never visited it, and the link to the historical Vlad the Impaler is slight. In the twentieth century it was a royal residence of Queen Marie of Romania, and it is now a museum.
Before and after
- 19 July 1374Death of Petrarch
- from 1375 to 1378War of the Eight Saints
- from 1375 to 1468Qara Qoyunlu
- 21 December 1375Death of Giovanni Boccaccio
- c. 1377Construction of Bran Castle
- 1377Construction of Ulm Minster
- from 1378 to 1508Aq Qoyunlu
- 8 January 1379Birth of Callixtus III
- from 30 May 1381 to 1 November 1381Peasants' Revolt of 1381
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The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes. You can also browse everything in the 14th century.