BRAN, Romania—When he lived as a boy in Bran Castle, Dominic Habsburg, now 79 years old, recalls it was “a happy place of light and flowers” that had been a residence to his grandparents ...

Bran Castle, better known as Dracula's castle, is located on a cliff in the middle of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, Romania. It was built and used by local kings, including the Dracula ...

RFE/RL: Not only was he not the owner of the Bran Castle, but it is unclear whether he ever even set foot there. What we know is that he was imprisoned for 12 years in a Budapest fortress by the ...

Bran Castle, famous as "Dracula's Castle," stands among Transylvanian mountains on March 10, 2013 in Bran, Romania. Credit: Sean Gallup / Getty Images ...

The castle was returned to the Hapsburg family in May, 60 years after Romania's communist regime confiscated it. The Bran castle was the site of many films depicting the Prince Vlad, known as ...

The largest brown bear ever recorded was caught in Romania and weighed more than 1,000 pounds. (Just about everyone associates Bran Castle with Dracula—except its owner.) ...

The fictional castle in the 1897 novel Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker was modeled after Romania's Bran Castle. Bran Castle Bran Castle, Bran, Brasov, Romania, offers tours.

The Habsburg royal family, including 10-year-old Dominic, was forced out of the castle in 1948 when the communist regime took over Romania, according to the Telegraph. 58 years later, Bran Castle ...

While Vlad Tepes may have used Bran as a base in the 15th century, he likely lived at one of many different castles. The castle sits on a hill surrounded by lush greenery, unadulterated wilderness ...

The Gothic Bran Castle, better known as Dracula Castle, is seen on a rainy day in Bran, in Romania’s central Transylvania region in 2011. Romanian authorities have set up a COVID-19 vaccination ...