- 1. Dracula Festival at Targoviste will put in scene the night attack of The Impaler against the Turks
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- ... county. We hope to continue it every year,'' added the mayor of Targoviste, Gabriel Boriga. According www.printransilvania.ro site, on June 4, 1462, Sultan Mehmed II el-Fatih (the Conqueror) crossed ...
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- 2. Wallachia Prior to Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)
- (Wallachia Prior to Vlad the Impaler (Dracula))
- ... was still a member of the Order of the Dragon and sworn to fight the infidel. At the same time the power of the Ottomans seemed unstoppable. Vlad was forced to pay tribute to the Sultan, just as his father, ...
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- 3. Targoviste – Princely Court
- (Targoviste – Princely Court)
- ... and his brother Radu had to go to the Court of Sultan Murad the 2nd, as hostages. Vlad Dracula Tepes was released when his father died and ruled Wallachia in 1448 (when he was only 17), during 1456-1462 ...
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- 4. The Foreign Ambassadors
- (Stories of Dracula)
- ... ed to their heads with three nails so that they might never have to break such an excellent tradition. The envoys were sent back to the sultan. According to Levantine customs, this was held to be a courage ...
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- 5. Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) Life
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- ... hostages, being sons of the local prince, so they were taken back to Istanbul, and imprisoned by the Sultan, Mehemet. When his sons were taken, Dracul had unsuccessfully attempted to bargain with th ...
- Created on 01 July 2013