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Are You a [b]Real[/b] Goth? Buy Castle Dracula!

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posted on Jul, 8 2007 @ 11:49 PM
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Source: Yahoo News



Heir puts 'Dracula's Castle' for sale

A Habsburg heir is hoping someone will take a bite of his offer Monday to sell "Dracula's Castle" in Transylvania.
The medieval Bran Castle, perched on a cliff near Brasov in mountainous central Romania, is a top tourist attraction because of its ties to Prince Vlad the Impaler, the warlord whose cruelty inspired Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, "Dracula."
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Habsburg, 69, offered to sell the castle last year to local authorities for $80 million, but the offer was rejected.
On Monday, he put the castle up for sale "to the right purchaser under the right circumstances," said Michael Gardner, chief executive of Baytree Capital, the company representing Habsburg. "The Habsburgs are not in the business of managing a museum."
He predicted the castle would sell for more than $135 million but added that Habsburg will only sell it to a buyer "who will treat the property and its history with appropriate respect."

Well, any takers?
Between being able to charge admission as a museum & being a major tourist attraction, there are usually a few moviemakers wanting to pay for some good views--Especially when they're making something that shares connections with Vladislas Tepes (the infamous Dracula immortalized by Bram Stoker).
With a bit of luck & good managment skills, the payoffs may even eventually compensate your purchase price.



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