Tag: castles
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Bran Castle, Transylvania: Inside Dracula’s Cliffside Citadel, Secret Staircases, and the Bloody Reality of Vlad the Impaler
Perched 200 feet atop a Transylvanian crag: separate the Bram Stoker vampire myth from Vlad the Impaler’s brutal reign at Romania's legendary Bran Castle.
Leap Castle, Ireland: Inside the Emerald Isle’s Bloodiest Stronghold and the Spike Oubliette
Fratricide at the altar, three cartloads of skeletons from a spiked oubliette, and the Elemental: explore Leap Castle, Ireland’s most notorious fortress.
Houska Castle, Czech Republic: Inside the Gothic Fortress Built to Trap the Gateway to Hell
Inward-facing fortifications, fake windows, and a Gothic chapel sealing a bottomless abyss: uncover the chilling architectural enigma of Bohemia's Houska Castle.