Transylvania. Prince Charles’s new hunting lodge, meadow and village.
Transylvania. Prince Charles’s new hunting lodge, meadow and village.
The Prince of Wales is buying a retreat in Transylvania, the region of Romania famous as the home of Count Dracula. The Prince hopes to inject new life into a historic village listed as a world heritage site. The farmhouse in Viscri, a village of 400 homes in Transylvania, a region known as the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler, a 15th-century ruler whose cruel ways gave rise to the Dracula legends. Genealogists have traced his bloodline to the prince. The farmhouse was built in the early 1800s to the plan of a dwelling from VladÕs era. The village exists in something of a time-warp, most locals still travel by horse and cart.
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