This is Bran Castle and a map to show where it is. Queen Marie of Romania had done many restorations to this castle while she was alive. I was amazed when I reread the beginning of the novel Dracula, hm, Bran isn't all that close to Bistritz. Maybe Stoker should have looked at a map.
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The Castle is now owned by the descendants of Queen Marie from her daughter, and they are making it into a tourist attraction.
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One of the big things that stood out was the comment that one of the characters made, the wolfs looked almost human. This is in the middle of the book. I wonder if Bram Stoker was thinking Dracula and werewolves... did he have an idea to merge them later?
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