Dracula’s Castle For Sale
If you have $135 million you can own Dracula’s Castle. The Transylvanian mansion is said to be the inspiration for the castle in the Dracula films, which is how it received its name.
Bran Castle, the alleged inspiration for Dracula’s castle in Bram Stoker’s 1987 classic horror story, is for sale.
The imposing fortress, which dates back to the 13th century, sits atop a craggy rock formation in the Transylvania region of central Romania. The castle was used as a defense against the Ottoman Empire in the 1400s, and over the following centuries it was also used as a customs point. Throughout much of the 20th century, Bran Castle was a royal residence of the Kingdom of Romania.
Bram Stoker never visited Romania, but “he depicted the imaginary Dracula’s castle based upon a description of Bran Castle that was available to him in turn-of-the-century Britain,” according to the castle’s official website.
