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Designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, this perfectly intact 16th century gem with nine towers, cobbled streets, burgher houses and ornate churches rivals the historic streets of Old Prague or Vienna for atmospheric magic. It is also the birthplace of Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), ruler of the province of Walachia from 1456 to 1462.
It was he who inspired Bram Stoker's fictional creation, Count Dracula.

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On the coat of arms of the Corvinus family there is a crown that holds in its beak a gold ring. Assigning this family symbol has a legend. It is said that John of Hunedoara was an illegitimate son of Sigismund of Luxembourg, king of Hungary, with a beautiful woman from the Land of Hateg, named Elizabeth.

To protect her from dishonesty, the king gives husband one of her valiant men, Voicu, giving him a ring as well as for the unborn baby, in order to be recognized when she grows up and goes to the royal court. During a voyage made by Voicu's family, standing for lunch, the ring is forgotten on the edge of the towel on which the meridians were placed. A raven, attracted by the brilliance of the ring, steals him by trying to leave with him. Child John of Hunedoara takes a bow and turns the raven, thus recovering the ring. When he grows and reaches the royal court, he tells this patina, and the King, impressed by this history, decides that the symbol of the Hunedore family is the rag with a gold ring in his beak.

Besides, the family name comes from the Latin "Corvus", which means "Corb", a bird that symbolized something else in the Middle Ages, namely wisdom and longevity.
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