Bran Castle

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castle medieval fortress tourist attraction

Bran Castle is a medieval fortress in Romania often associated with the Dracula legend and a major tourist attraction in Transylvania.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bran Castle canonical 3
Castelul Bran 1
marketed as Dracula’s Castle 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bran Castle ⓘ
surface form: Castelul Bran

Castle Dracula ⓘ
surface form: Dracula’s Castle
annualVisitors over half a million ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval ⓘ
associatedWith Dracula legend ⓘ
Vlad III Dracula ⓘ
surface form: Vlad the Impaler
builtAs fortress ⓘ
builtBy Saxons of Kronstadt ⓘ
builtFor Louis I of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: King Louis I of Hungary
constructionCompleted 1388 ⓘ
constructionStarted late 14th century ⓘ
controls mountain pass between Transylvania and Wallachia ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
elevation about 762 metres ⓘ
firstMentioned 1377 ⓘ
formerOwner Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
Queen Marie of Romania ⓘ
function museum of art and furniture ⓘ
hasExhibition Dracula-related exhibits ⓘ
Queen Marie’s apartments ⓘ
hasFeature inner courtyard ⓘ
ramparts ⓘ
secret passageways ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasGarden royal park ⓘ
hasLegend Dracula’s residence in Transylvania ⓘ
hasMuseumType historic house museum ⓘ
heritageStatus Romanian national monument ⓘ
inPopularCulture Bran Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: marketed as Dracula’s Castle
locatedIn Bran ⓘ
locatedInCounty Brașov County ⓘ
locatedInRegion Transylvania ⓘ
locatedNear Brașov ⓘ
locatedOn border between Transylvania and Wallachia ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Brașov ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
owner House of Habsburg ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg family
purpose defensive stronghold ⓘ
touristAttraction major international ⓘ
usedAs customs post ⓘ
military fortress ⓘ
museum ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
website https://www.bran-castle.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transylvania → knownFor → Bran Castle ⓘ
Brașov County → contains → Bran Castle ⓘ
Brașov County → touristDestination → Bran Castle ⓘ
Bran Castle → alsoKnownAs → Bran Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Castelul Bran
Bran Castle → inPopularCulture → Bran Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: marketed as Dracula’s Castle