Archaeologists believe they found dungeons that once held Dracula

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Turkey believe they have unearthed dungeons that once held Dracula.
Hurriyet Daily News reports that restoration works in the Tokat Castle in Turkey have discovered a secret tunnel leading to the Pervane Bath and a military shelter. Two dungeons have also been discovered in the castle, where Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler, who was also known as Dracula, is said to have been held as political hostage in the early 15th century by the Ottoman Turks.

Restoration works first began in 2009, with the latest project carried out over the last ten weeks to restore and reinforce its defensive bastions. It was during these most recent excavations that archaeologists unearthed the secret tunnels and dungeons. “The castle is completely surrounded by secret tunnels. It is very mysterious,” said archaeologist İbrahim Çetin, who is working on the excavations.

Çetin said that Dracula had been kept captive in one of these uncovered dungeons. “It is hard to estimate in which room Dracula was kept, but he was around here,” he said. Previous work at the castle uncovered a 100-metre tunnel in the northern facade, which is said to have been used by the king’s daughters to reach the Roman bath near the castle. Dracula earned his name due to his practice of impaling his enemies. According to Wikipedia, his reputation for excessive cruelty spread abroad, to Germany and elsewhere in Europe.

Vlad III is revered as a folk hero in Romania, as well as other parts of Europe for his protection of the Romanian population The name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula was also inspired by Vlad… see more

source: news.com.au

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