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Poienari Castle, also known as Poenari Citadel , is a ruined castle inRomania, in Arges County on a canyon formed on the Arges; River valley,close to the Fagaras; Mountains. It stands on a cliff, on the right side of the Transfagarsan road which climbs high into the mountains. It was erected around the beginning of the 13th century by the first Romanian rulers in the South region of Romania, known as Wallachia. Around the 14th century, Poenari was the main citadel of the Basarab rulers. In the next few decades, the name and the residents changed a few times but eventually the castle was abandoned and left in ruins. However, in the 15th century, realizing the potential for a castle perched high on a steep precipice of rock, Vlad Tepes repaired and consolidated the structure, making it one of his main fortresses. Vlad Tepes is known better to the Western world as Vlad The Impaler, or Dracula. Bram Stoker's book says that Romanians know it as Citadel of the Black Ruler, although the castle in the book was situated some 200 km to the North. Although the castle was used for many years after Vlad's death in 1476, it eventually was abandoned again in the first half of the 16th century and was in ruins during the 17th century. Due to its size and location, the castle was very hard to seize, even by natural forces. However, in 1888, a landslide brought down a portion of the castle which crashed into the river far below. Nonetheless, the castle was slightly repaired and the walls and its towers still stand today. To reach the castle, visitors need to climb 1,426 steps.
This brick, is an actual piece of castle that was Dracula's main fortress, the very same castle that Vlad's wife, Elizabeth, pitched herself off of when she received the erroneous report of his death. It measures approx. 6" x 5" x 2"

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