Dracula Village

World Dracula Day good news! The Vampire Literature Short Story Fellowship has the first fellowship recipients: Ilona Tarnopolska – Ukraine, Uğur Kılınç – Turkey, Luna Jai – India, and Roberto Cavalcante – Brazil. Congratulations to all of the applicants to this inaugural edition and we are looking forward to reading their short stories in the fellowship manuscript! https://draculamap.com/news-and-events/call-for-applications-the-vampire-literature-short-story-fellowship/

Bethlen Castle, home to The Nun, Werewolf and The Crucifixion, is ready for visitors!

The main events that occured in the month of May during Vlad the Impaler's time, explained by Stefan Andreescu in his book, Vlad Tepes (Dracula) between legend and historical facts, 1976: https://draculamap.com/vlad-dracula-timeline/may-1453-1553/. Also, here is Vlad's signature!

The very first bottle of Dracula Village wine red blend has been opened and tasted. It pairs really well with Romanian sausages!

The Vampire Diaries' like coach has been added to the DV collection. This is a nice find in Romania.

It is good to keep the momentum going. New wine cooking!

Always good to have some house wine!

Ever wondered what currency was being used during Vlad the Impaler's Wallachia? Well, it was called "Wallachian Ducat." The coins were minted by Vladislav II (1447-1448; 1448-1456), nephew of the greatest Wallachian prince Mircea the Old and descendant of the Danesti branch (from Mircea the Old's brother). During Vlad's first short reign (who was a descendant of the Draculesti branch as grand son of Mircea the Old) in 1448 and at the beginning of his second and main reign in 1456, this coin was in circulation in Wallachia! Some argue that Vlad also minted ducats but, as many other stories associated with him, experts have contradicting opinions. However, if he minted coins, his ducat that was researched looked the same as this one, which is now in DV personal collection.

Bran in a 1938 rare postcard (from the D.V. personal collection)