30 November 2008

The Real Count Dracula

Well, The Real Count Dracula did not exist !! Shocking ? read more...

I was disappointed today to find a video on youtube (I won't link to it but a search on google for The Real Count Dracula would reveal it) with a nice presentation and images from Romania (Braşov , Sighişoara and Poienari Castle ) but a very ...undocumented description by the guys who posted the video. C'mon guys, how can you say that Vlad Dracula "was a minor count in some parts of Transylvania" ?? Are you joking ? First of all Vlad III was NOT a count !
Second, Vlad III Dracula ruled Wallachia, not Transylvania, neither was he a count in Transylvania.
And third, it was not minor at all, he was one of the most important rulers in the XV-th century.

Anyway, the video also presents the commercialism around the myth of Dracula, like the Dracula Hotel, presented as Dracula Castle. Anyway, I would also suggest reading the comments

29 November 2008

Bran Castle how it looks today

Here is amateur production , a clip with images from Bran Castle, presented as Dracula Castle. But we do know that Vlad III had few connections with the border castle of Bran:

28 November 2008

dracula labels

All the labels:
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15th century
1931
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1979
2007
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Adrianopoli
Alban Préaubert
Alexander the Good
art
basarab 1
Battle
BBC
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Black Sea
Blacksmiths' Tower
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Carpathian Mountains
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Clock Tower
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Bran Castle

Yet another video about the Bran Castle, sometimes referred to as Dracula's Castle. Is just an one minute long slideshow with images from Bran Castle, but it deserves the time, mainly for the beauty of the images.

27 November 2008

Battle of Posada (Middle-Ages history)

Here is a short presentation of the middle ages battle of Posada (1330). Basarab I defeated Charles Robert of Anjou and preserved the suzeranity of the very young country, Wallachia.


History of Wallachia

Here is a brief history of Wallachia documented with old maps and modern maps, from 100 AD to 2000 AD. The clip starts with the presentation of the Dacian empire of Burebista, 110/100 BC - 44 BC. The history goes on with maps of the Roman Empire and it continues until modern days.

The text inserted in the presentation is very clear and comprehensive. The other Romanian historical provinces, Transylvania and Moldova are presented as well.



Music: Ciocârlia (by Gheorghe Zamfir ?)

More about Wallachia's History.

10 November 2008

Count Dracula

A clip from the 1977 movie:

08 November 2008

Sighisoara images

This video presents images from nowadays Sighişoara, birth town of Vlad Dracula
We see images taken from the clock tower, right near the house where Vlad was supposed to be born, images from the medieval town as well as pictures with the clock tower:

01 November 2008

Dracula 2000. Trailer

Dracula 2000. A legend reborn.
Featuring Gerard Butler, Justine Waddell