On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the real life dracula, is surrounded by folklore, mystery, and myth. Even during his time the stories about his famed impalings traveled all around Europe.

Vlad the Impaler's Fortress in Poenari (Arges County) was reopened for visits on Monday, after extensive conservation and restoration work. The fortress, located on the administrative territory of ...

A lawyer from a shadowy group named after Vlad the Impaler met with the deputy Russian ... When the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously to maintain his ban on running for president on March ...

Also known as Vlad III, Vlad Dracula (son of the Dragon), and—most famously—Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes in ... Empire—60 years before Vlad III’s rule. Although it holds no connection ...

The group, named “Vlad the Impaler Command” after Romania’s medieval ruler who served as inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, included a 101-year-old retired general named Radu Theodoru ...

The Macedonian king had conquered much of the ancient world ... and the whereabouts of da Vinci’s remains are now unclear. Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a national hero of Romania ...

a little-known and playful survey in the homeland of Dracula revealed that Romanians wished they could vote for Vlad the Impaler to be their president.

"The true castle of Vlad the Impaler is Poienari castle." Only accessible via 1,500 steps, Popescu said the Gothic fortress was never conquered by Vlad's enemies - despite several attempts.