Since search engines cannot read images, I'll repeat the caption for their convenience.
If you read it only once, I'm happy with that. :)
I think these 4 postcards are still available for purchase from Romania, until the UN-DEAD awakens again...:)
Tell me if you want some. To buy some.
Description | English: Castle of Vlad Tepes Dracula in Poienari ( Polski: Ruiny zamku Vlada Tepesa Draculi w Poienari ( |
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Date | 10-06-2008 |
Source | Own work |
Author | |
Permission (Reusing this file) | See below. |
Beata, dear, that's NOT in Transylvania (where Vlad Dracula was born), but in Wallacchia (where he ruled).
See a cool fictional drawing of the castle:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salgood/4260375428/in/set-72157623175854308/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/salgood/4260375428/in/set-72157623175854308/
Vlad III Dracula Prince of Wallachia | |
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The most famous portrait, though posthumous, of Vlad III Dracula[1][2] | |
Reign | 1448; 1456–1462; 1476 |
Born | November or December 1431[1] |
Birthplace | Sighişoara, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary |
Died | December 1476[1] (aged 45) |
Place of death | Bucharest, Wallachia |
Wives | 1. unnamed noblewoman 2. Ilona Szilágyi |
Offspring | 1st marriage: Mihnea cel Rău 2nd marriage: Vlad Dracula IV and another son whose name remains unknown |
Royal House | House of Drăculești (branch of theHouse of Basarab) |
Father | Vlad II Dracul |
Mother | Cneajna of Moldavia |
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I thought that was that undead guy. I won't be able to sleep now!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
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