Bran Castle
According to the legend, there was an old man, called Bran who had many sons and offered each of them one of his fifteen villages which were scattered along the road linking villages formed a real fortress, 30 kilometers far from Brasov, where Piatra Craiului Mountain detached from the massif of Bucegi. They were the perfect combination between natural and human elements. The pass was dominated by Bran Castle, built on a rock, which was mentioned in the same medieval documents under the name of “Lapis Theodorici”. It reminded the existence of an ancient Roman road which started from the banks of the Danube, continued through the pass of Bran and reached the center of Dacia, according to a fourth century map.
