"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 ...

Vlad the Impaler, a notoriously ruthless 13th century ... Also known as Vlad III, the fearsome military leader ruled over the historical region of Wallachia and became known for condemning ...

But Stoker’s “Dracula” was actually based on a real-life, blood-thirsty monster, even more frightening than the fictional Dracula, a man known as Vlad the Impaler. Vlad III, the Prince of ...

New research shows that Vlad the Impaler may have cried tears of blood ... But even the most bloodthirsty or rulers had to, well, rule. And it’s from some of the more mundane aspects of this ...

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 ...

"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 ...