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"Dracula's Castle" For Sale In Romania

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'll-bite dept.

galaad2 writes "Want to own the real castle that may have inspired the legend of Dracula? The Transylvanian castle associated with Vlad the Impaler, who may have been part of the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, is on sale for £40 million ($77 million). Bran Castle, near the historic city of Brasov, in central Romania, draws 450,000 visitors a year because of its association with 15th-century Prince Vlad Tepes III. (Wikipedia points out that Bran Castle's ties to Vlad are weak and disputed.) The local town council has been offered first refusal; they have 30 days to review the offer and then the property will be put on the market."

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  1. Vlad's old digs, eh? by djupedal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, I'll bite...

    1. Re:Vlad's old digs, eh? by afd8856 · · Score: 5, Informative

      In the interest of spreading real news, I'll try to clarify things a bit.

      The castle was donated to an old Romanian queen by the local city. Comunists came and took it, now the royal family got it back as a donation. The Romanian Culture Ministry has a clause in that donation act that they are to be the first to be notified in case it's available for sale and they have the right to purchase it back first. The Royal Family didn't notify the Culture Ministry yet, so they can't officially sell it because the Culture Ministry hasn't refused to purchase it yet.

      The whole thing looks a bit like a scam from the Royal Family to increase the value of the castle. Apropos, the castle is the most major Romanian tourist site, it's very beautiful and it makes something like 10 milion Euro/year, with about 6 milion Euro/year expenses.

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  2. Bats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    £40 million GLORIOUS bats. HA HA HA.

  3. Choices, choices! by ar1550 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, do I spend my recently acquired $70 million inheritance to buy Sealand, or this castle?

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    1. Re:Choices, choices! by datafr0g · · Score: 5, Funny

      Get the castle. Dating back to 1337 it must have a totally 1337 basement!

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    2. Re:Choices, choices! by astromog · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a castle, right? It must have been built to defend against aggressors. So buy the castle and declare it an independant state. All the benefits of Sealand (except fishing), but with better views and less rusting.

  4. £40 Million? by iminplaya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real Estate salesman: Wow, we don't see many vampires around here.
    Vampire: Yeah well, at these prices you won't see many more.

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  5. Re:sweet by gDoDig · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you had 77 million, you wouldn't need a castle to get chicks. :))

  6. Re:sweet by sa1lnr · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you had chicks, you wouldn't have 77 million for long. ;)