The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest is an example of a sort of ostentatious style officially known as “butt ugly”.
It took so long to build, Ceausescu couldn’t even stay in power until it was finished.
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Bram Stoker’s a liar
Not only did Vlad Tepes not really have anything to do with Bran Castle, Bram Stoker wasn’t even writing about the real castle.
The Seven Cities of the Transylvanian Saxons
German settlers were invited in to what was then the eastern marches of the Kingdom of Hungary starting in the 13th century.
The larger settlements like Sighisoara and Brasov fortified the towns with wall and towers…
…while the smaller communities fortified their churches.
