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(Hermannstadt), who often gave shelter to those who claimed the Wallachian throne. In order to escape the peril of
losing his throne, Vlad would punish the Saxons. Sibiu and the neighbouring area were pillaged and burnt down by
Vlad, and many Saxons were impaled. The same happened to the Saxon merchants who came on business to
Trgoviste.
In fact, Vlad was called Tepes (the Impaler) only after his death (1476). He ruled in Wallachia between 1456-1462 and
in 1476. In 1462, having been defeated by the Turks, Vlad took refuge in Hungary. In 1476, with the help of the
Hungarian king Matia Corvin and the Moldavian prince Stephen the Great, Vlad took over the Wallachian throne again
for a month. A battle followed, during which Vlad was killed. His body was buried in the church of the Snagov
Monastery, on an island near Bucharest. His body lies in front of the altar. In 1935, a richly dressed but beheaded
corpse was exhumed at Snagov, a fate known to have overtaken Dracula, whose head was supposedly wrapped,
perfumed and dispatched as a gift to the Turkish sultan.
They say that impalling was one of Dracula's favourite punishments, but he was not the only one who made use of it at
the time. Other German and Spanish princes would do the same. He used the method for boyars, thieves and
criminals, Turks, Saxons and those who conspired against him; more than once it happened that a whole forest of
sharp stakes with enemies' heads would rise around Trgoviste, the capital of Wallachia at the time.
Horrified by these atrocities, the Saxons printed books and pamphlets in which they told about Vlad's cruelty. These
booklets also reached Germany and Western Europe, where Dracula became known as a bloody tyrant.
In 1897, the Irish writer Bram Stoker published Dracula, which made Vlad the Impaler famous world-wide. Stoker read
the stories about Dracula printed in the 15th and 16th centuries and was struck by his acts of cruelty. He decided to
make him his character; he also read several books about Transylvania (a name of Latin origin, meaning "the country
beyond the forests"), and thought that this "exotic" land would make a proper setting for Dracula's deeds.
In fact, Stoker used Vlad only as a source of inspiration, since in his novel, Dracula is not prince Vlad the Impaler, but a
Transylvanian count living in a mysterious castle where he lured his victims. His story takes place in the Bistritza area,
and the castle lies near the Brgau Pass (in the Carpathian Mountains). As Stoker had never visited Transylvania, most
places and happenings were pure fiction.
Legend and true history about Dracula intermingle and are being kept alive by tourist destinations like the Monastery of
Snagov near Bucharest, or Bran Castle near Brasov
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Dracula sau Vlad epe a fost fiul lui Vlad Dracul (1436 - 1442, 1443 - 1447) i nepotul lui Mircea cel Btrn (1386 1418).Vlad Dracul a fost ridicat la rangul de cavaler al Ordinului Dragonului de ctre regele Ungariei. Toi membrii
acestui ordin purtau un dragon pe blazon i acesta i-a adus porecla de Dracul. Vlad epe obinuia s semneze cu
Draculea sau Draculia - fiul dracului - nume, ce s-a transformat apoi n Dracula. Renumele lui Dracula a ajuns n
apusul Europei prin intermediul negustorilor sai din oraele transilvnene Braov i Sibiu, ce au oferit adesea adpost
celor care candidau la tronul rii Romneti mpotriva lui Vlad epe.
Pentru a evita pericolul de a-i pierde tronul, Vlad s-a hotrt s-i pedepseasc pe negustorii sai. Sibiul i zonele
nvecinate au fost jefuite i incendiate de Vlad i muli negustori sai au fost trai n eap. Acelai lucru s-a ntmplat i
cu negustorii sai care au venit la Trgovite pentru a face nego.
De fapt, Vlad a cptat numele de epe numai dup moartea sa (1476). El a domnit n ara Romneasc ntre anii
1456 - 1462 i n 1476. n 1462, fiind nvins de turci, Vlad s-a refugiat n Ungaria. n 1476, cu ajutorul regelui ungar,
Matei Corvin i a domnitorului Moldovei, tefan cel Mare, Vlad a fost renscunat pe tronul rii Romneti pentru nc
o lun de zile. A urmat o btlie n care epe a fost ucis. Trupul su a fost nmormntat n biserica Mnstirii Snagov,
aflat pe o insul de pe lacul Snagov. Trupul su a fost ngropat n faa altarului. n 1935 au fost exhumate, la Snagov,
rmiele unui brbat mbrcat n haine scumpe, mai puin capul. Se spune c o asemenea soart ar fi avut Dracula,
care a fost decapitat, iar capul su ar fi fost mblsmat, mpachetat i trimis n dar sultanului turc.
Se spune c tragerea n eap era pedeapsa favorit a lui Dracula, dar, la acea vreme, el nu era, desigur, singurul care
o folosea. La acest mod de pedepsire recurgeau i unii principi germani sau spanioli. epe aplica aceast pedeaps
boierilor, hoilor i criminalilor, turcilor, sailor i tuturor acelora care unelteau mpotriva lui. Nu o dat s-a ntmplat s
se vad o pdure ntreag de oameni trai n eap n preajma cetii Trgovite, capitala de atunci a rii Romneti.
ngrozii de aceste atrociti, negustorii sai au tiprit cri i pamflete n care relatau despre cruzimea lui Vlad. Aceste
brouri au ajuns i n Germania i vestul Europei, unde Dracula a ajuns s fie cunoscut ca un tiran sngeros.
n 1897, scriitorul irlandez Bram Stoker a publicat Dracula, care l-a fcut pe Vlad epe celebru n ntreaga lume.
Stoker a citit povestirile despre Dracula, publicate n secolele XV - XVI i a fost ocat de actele de cruzime ale acestuia.
S-a hotrt s i-l aleag drept personaj principal. A citit i cteva cri despre Transilvania (aceast denumire are
origine latin i nseamn ara de dincolo de pduri) i s-a gndit c aceast ar exotic ar fi un cadru potrivit
pentru faptele lui Dracula. De fapt, Stoker s-a folosit de Vlad doar ca surs de inspiraie, deoarece n romanul su,
Dracula nu este domnitorul Vlad epe, ci un conte transilvnean care tria ntr-un castel misterios, unde i ademenea
victimele. Povestea sa se petrece n zona Bistriei, iar castelul su se afl lng pasul Brgu (n munii Carpai).
Deoarece Stoker nu a vizitat niciodat Transilvania, majoritatea locurilor i ntmplrilor reprezint pur ficiune.
Legenda i adevrul istoric despre Dracula se mpletesc astazi i sunt pstrate vii prin faptul c numele su se leag
acum de o serie de obiective turistice, cum ar fi mnstirea de la Snagov, sau Castelul Bran de lng Braov.