Aug 2010 - Curtea de Argeș
We went to Curtea de Argeș to see the monastary, and then over to the ruins at Poenari. The current fortress at Poenari was built by Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) himself! It was a main fortress of his, unlike the rip-off 'Dracula's Castle' at Braun. It sits at the top of 1480 steps!
We went to Curtea de Argeș to see the monastary, and then over to the ruins at Poenari. The current fortress at Poenari was built by Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) himself! It was a main fortress of his, unlike the rip-off 'Dracula's Castle' at Braun. It sits at the top of 1480 steps!
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| The monastary | ||
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| The valleys of Wallachia | Cetatea Poenari sits at the top of a mountain | Heading up the stairs |
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| The fortress at the top of the stairs | ||
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| It's actually a pretty small fort | All those stairs! It was pretty bad going up... | |
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