"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.

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 ...

Vlad the Impaler. This story, and others like it, is documented in printed material from around the time of Vlad III's rule, according to Miller. "In the 1460s and 1470s, just after the invention ...

The one thing that the prince knew for certain was that he would need an extraordinary plan to stay alive and keep his principality from being conquered. That prince was Vlad III, the Impaler ...

the notorious “Vlad the Impaler”, whose descendants once held the castle. It is home to one of the few paintings of the cruel 15th-century prince, and this Halloween its curators are trying to ...

Vlad the Impaler ruled the Romanian region of Wallachia with a brutal regime still infamous to this day, getting his name from his favourite torture method. The brutal 15th-century leader was ...

In February 1462, Vlad III Dracula—better known as Vlad the Impaler, ruler of the Romanian ... “The truth is that Vlad Dracula besieged this place, conquered it, and most probably also resided ...

"Thanks to its spectacular and unreachable position, the fortress has never been conquered, although the Turks tried several times," he said. The fortress was rebuilt in 1459 when Vlad the Impaler ...

Though Vlad is widely credited with bringing order and stability to Wallachia, his rule was undisputedly vicious: Dozens of Saxon merchants in Kronstadt, who were once allied with the boyars ...