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Halloween in Transylvania, Oct 27 – Nov 04, 2024

02/05/2024

Experience Transylvania presents Halloween Tour with Dacre Stoker 2024 Join the great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker for a spooktacular adventure in Transylvania! Plunge into the authentic atmosphere of Transylvania…

Stoker Wines – Wine that tells a story

01/05/2024

July 2024: Each wine at Stoker Wines tells a story, be it the connection of Bran Castle to the novel Dracula, the initial ending of…

December 1408 – 1480
December 14, 1408: Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg and his wife Barbara founded the Order of the Dragon. December 4, 1447: Iancu of Hunedoara, in an act issued "in our city Târgovişte," titled himself not only "governor of the kingdom of Hungary" but also "voivode of Wallachia". December 17, 1447 (second half) - February 1448 (early): Iancu of Hunedoara was present near the Moldavian borders (Braşov, Sf. Gheorghe, Odorhei, Bistriţa). December 20, 1448: Iancu of Hunedoara was released by Despot Gheorghe Branković. December 24, 1448: Iancu of Hunedoara entered Seghedin. December 7, 1448: It was known in Constantinople that the pretender imposed by the Turks (Vlad Ţepeş) had fallen. December 17, 1449: Iancu of Hunedoara, from Pesta, wrote to the Braşovians about peace talks with the Turks mediated by Vladislav II. December 1452 (before): Vladislav II's letter accusing Ioan Voivode (Iancu of Hunedoara) of seizing his ancestral lands (Făgăraş and Amlaş)...