The real Dracula.
The real Dracula, whose real name is Vlad III, was born, according to most stories, in 1431 AD, in an area known today as Transylvania, which is the center of Romania.
In any case, the link between (Vlad the Impaler) and Transylvania, - according to Florin Curta, a professor of medieval history and archeology at the University of Florida, Live science -: "The character of Dracula in Stoker's novel is associated with the city of Transylvania, but the real and historical Dracula is Vlad III He never owned anything there,” he adds. “Bran Castle, a modern tourist spot often referred to as ‘Dracula’s Castle’, was never a Wallachian prince’s residence; “Because the castle is located in the mountains in this misty region, and it looks terrifying, and this is what one would expect Dracula’s castle to be,” but Vlad III never set foot in that place.
Vlad III is considered one of the national heroes in Bulgaria due to his protection of the Bulgarian minorities stationed in the north and south of the Danube plains, which prompted many Bulgarian commoners and their nobles alike, to migrate from the north of the Danube to Wallachia, pledge allegiance to him and participate with him in his campaigns against Ottomans.
The title of the Impaler is given to Vlad III because of his use of the impalement to torture and get rid of his enemies and prisoners of war, which gave him wide historical fame, and his fame spread beyond the borders of his emirate to reach the Holy Roman Empire in the west and the Duchy of Moscow in the east, then it quickly spread throughout the European continent, and an estimated number of His victims numbered in the tens of thousands, and the character “Vlad III Dracula” represented the nucleus around which the English novelist Bram Stoker woven the character of Count Dracula, the most famous vampire, in his novel published in 1897 under the title “Dracula”.
Note: Pictures of the real palace from outside and inside in the video