Bran piccies

Aug 12, 2007 22:47














This is the place where Princess Marie of Edinburgh's heart was buried. She died on July 18, 1938, and was buried next to her husband (Ferdinand I) in the Monastery of Curtea de Argeş. In accordance with her will, her heart was kept in a cloister at the Balchik Palace which she had built. In 1940, when Balchik and the rest of Southern Dobrudja were returned to Bulgaria in accordance with the Treaty of Craiova, Queen Marie's heart was transferred to Bran Castle. This had been her principal home for much of the early 20th century, and the artifacts with which she chose to surround herself (traditional furniture and tapestries, for example) can be seen by visitors today.













The way up towards Bran.


Outer garden



Lake from outer garden






This is from the guard room.









I forgot the rooms where the rest of the pictures from inside the castle where taken from u_u"




Inner garden







Secret stairwell



The room where the secret stairs lead to




































Inner garden. Beside the well.









View from the outer garden



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