Bran Castle

Between Bucegi and Piatra Craiului Mountains, Bran Castle is landmark of the Romanian tourism, due not only to the beauty of the Castle and the landscape, but also to modern legend that place here, in this unknown land, strange creatures.

The first documentary attestation of the Bran Castle is the act issued on November 19, 1377, by Ludovic I D'Anjou giving to Brasov’s inhabitants, as recognition for building the castle "on their own work and expense", 13 localities in the area. The leadership of Bran Fortress was given to a lord of a castle who had also jurisdictional attributions. The permanent garrison was numerically restrained to 12-24 soldiers: archers and ballisters. Build initially as military fortress; the castle functioned mainly as a custom trading point on frontier between Transylvania and Wallachia.