Castle was built mostly in the 1870s as a summer palace for Carol I, a German who became Romania's ruling prince in 1866 and, following the unification of two principalities, its first king in 1881, ...

Romania to return castles to royals after years of delay Bucharest: Two historical castles in the Carpathian mountain range in central Romania will be returned to a former European royal dynasty and ...

Despite entertainment-media archetypes, the province of Transylvania (located in northwestern Romania) is actually an idyllic, totally not-creepy part of the world. Transylvania means “across the ...

BRAN CASTLE, Romania — Dracula’s castle will have overnight guests on Halloween, marking the first time since 1948 that anyone has slept in the Transylvanian fortress. The site’s actual name in Bran ...

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania- One weekend in late November 2015, soldiers of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment got a chance to step away from their tanks to participate in the Morale, Welfare and ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Lawmakers began debating Wednesday whether the Transylvanian fortress commonly known as Dracula's Castle was legally returned to an heir of Romania's royal family and whether he ...

Bran Castle is relying on its connections to the puncture-happy vampire Dracula to entice people to get vaccinated. Here, masked visitors stand in front of a sign depicting syringes as vampire fangs.