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Originally Posted by WarChild
It's not actually Dracula's castle. The actual castle lies in ruins.
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Poenari is the real castle of Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula !
Poenari is the ruins of a fortress ("cetate" in Romanian) rather than a castle, located at the entrance to the gorge of the Arges River, north of the town of Curtea de Arges. Poenari was the castle fortification that Vlad Tepes forced the nobles of Tirgoviste to build.
This is where, according to another local legend, Vlad Tepes' first wife flung herself, committing suicide rather than being taken captive by the advancing Turks. This castle is where Vlad would go for refuge in the face of advancing enemies. And from its towers he had a commanding view of anyone approaching from any direction . On top of that the fortress was practically impenetrable.
