Dracula’s Castle offers Covid-19 vaccines and a walk in the “torture chamber”

Visitors to Bran Castle, source of inspiration for “Dracula”, the story of the most famous vampire in literature, were able to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as part of the vaccination campaign launched this weekend in Romania. Besides health, the tour includes a free visit to the so-called “torture chamber”.

Representatives of this medieval fortress indicated that those who receive the Covid-19 vaccine there have access to a certificate that underlines their “courage and responsibility”, with the promise that they will be able to return in “the next 100 years”.

In this important tourist enclave of Romania, and as happens in other parts of the world, health combines with business and pleasure. “I came to visit the castle with my family and when I saw the poster, I was encouraged and agreed to receive the injection,” said Liviu Necula, a 39-year-old engineer.

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The center will only operate on weekends and for one month, although the duration can be extended to three months if the health situation requires it., according to ANSA. The vaccine that is used to inoculate visitors to “Dracula’s Castle” is the Pfizer brand and there is no need to make an appointment, according to information from the local newspaper Libertatea.

Located in a misty valley in the Carpathian Mountains, Bran Castle is linked by popular belief that the bloodthirsty 15th-century Romanian prince Vlad Tepes, also known as the “Impaler”, resided there. The association is unfounded since this character has never lived on this property.

The fame of this imposing construction and of the one who would have inhabited the place is linked to the novel “Dracula” by Irishman Bram Stoker, which was inspired by Vlad Tepes and the descriptions of Bran Castle, when he wrote in 1897. The work collaborated with the founding of the genre of vampire literature.

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The fortress was built in 1212 by the Knights of the Teutonic Order, the castle was a gift made in 1920 by the inhabitants of Brasov to Queen Maria of Romania, who set up her summer residence there.

Besides the famous castle, the Romanian government has launched vaccination campaigns and 24-hour “marathons” in other public places, such as the National Library in Bucharest. The strategy aims to vaccinate as many people as possible. “These centers are for anyone who wants to get vaccinated without having to make an appointment online,” said Beatrice Mahler, director of the Marius Nasta Hospital.

With a population exceeding 19 million, around 19% (3.6 million) of Romanians have already received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine.. Government authorities hope to reach 5 million vaccinated by next June.

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