When most people think about Transylvania it conjures the image of Dracula and the world dreamed up in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel - a world of gothic castles, shapeshifting bats, and vampires. Some ...

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in the Balkans. In 1462, Vlad Tepes of Wallachia defied Sultan Mehmed II with a ...

Vlad the Impaler would love this Florida home located at Apollo Beach. Geometric shapes aside, thisi house was meant for ...

Dracula Untold, directed by Gary Shore, is about a vampire gifted with immense powers. However, it departs from Bram Stoker's classic origin story to show Dracula from a different perspective.

By some estimates he is responsible for the deaths of more than 80,000 people in his lifetime—a large percentage of them by impalement. Vlad III’s cruelty was real, but his reputation as a ...

THE “true” home of Dracula where bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler lived is set to open to the public. Until five years ago, Poienari Castle in the city of Curtea de Arge, Romania, had… ...

Portrait of Vlad III, known as Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula after he is said to have enjoyed impaling his enemies Credit: Alamy. Cornel Popescu, manager of Arges County Museum, said Poienari ...

For context, Vlad III commonly known as Vlad the Impaler is believed to have been a local ruler of Wallachia, a geographical region located in modern-day Romania during the 1400's.

Vlad III — known as Vlad the Impaler or Voivode (Prince) Vlad Dracula — was born in Wallachia (modern Romania) some time between 1428 and 1431, and he died either in 1476 or 1477. He was the son of ...

Vlad the Impaler Vlad III — known as Vlad the Impaler or Voivode (Prince) Vlad Dracula — was born in Wallachia (modern Romania) some time between 1428 and 1431, and he died either in 1476 or 1477.

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia just south of Transylvania, was so vicious a ruler he inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula and earned himself the nickname, ‘the Impaler’.

Vlad the Impaler, also known as Vlad III or Vlad Dracula, ... He is estimated to have killed up to 80,000 people, many of whom he impaled on spikes, earning him the nickname Vlad the Impaler.