New discovery about the tomb of Dracula

According to new research results, the remains of the so-called Dracula character in real life were found in a tomb in Italy, not in the Alps in Romania.

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It may be possible to finally find Dracula's resting place in fact, after the 16th-century tombstone excavated in Naples could belong to Vlad - The Impersonator. This macabre nickname comes from the habit of punishing enemies or victims by closing piles through the body of the ruler of Wallachia, now in Romania.

For centuries, Dracula has cast a phantom haunting the entire Transylvanian Alps. However, recently, the remains of Count Dracula are found in Italy, not in Romania. Accordingly, Count Vlad Tepes (the real name of Dracula's character), is said to be dead. However, the University of Tallinn scholars (Estonia) found evidence that he was in fact arrested as a prisoner, redeemed by his daughter and eventually lived the rest of his peaceful life in Italy. When he died, he was buried in a church in Naples.

Portrait of Dracula - (Photo: History.com)

At a new tomb discovered in Piazza Santa Maria La Nova church, where buried Dracula's daughter and son-in-law, experts say they finally found a horrifying character throughout the Transylvanian Alps.

According to history books, the infamous earl was born in 1431 in a lineage belonging to the Dragon royal family, which was involved in the battle against the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. His father called Dracul, meaning 'dragon' , so the young Vlad became Dracula, the 'son of the dragon'. In 1476, Count Dracula went missing in a battle. While some sources claim that he died, the researchers found evidence that he was imprisoned by the Turkish army and always dragged by chains.

Traces of dragons on the reliefs of graves - (Photo: Talinn University)

At the same time, Dracula's daughter Maria, was brought to court in Naples, but thanks to the ruling lineage allied with her family, Maria was adopted and later married to an aristocrat. city. The historian's document shows that Maria paid a large ransom for the Turks to save her father, and he was brought to reunite with his daughter in Naples. It is known that student Erika Stella, while studying the monastery of Santa Maria Nova in Naples to write a thesis, found a completely different tomb from the remaining tombs. Later, she and a group of scholars returned to this place to continue the study for many months.

Medieval history historian Raffaello Glinni said the 16th-century tomb was covered with images and symbols of the Carpathians in Transylvania, completely different from the tomb of an Italian nobleman .'When you look at the sculptures on the reliefs, you will see the icon clearly displayed,' says Glinni, who answers the newspaper Il Mattino in Naples. 'The figure of a dragon sculpture means Dracula and two sphinxes facing each other representing the city in Thebes called Tepes. From these symbols, people guess the main grave is Dracula Tepes, the real name of the notorious earl ' , according to the scholar. Currently researchers are waiting for permission from the local government to continue investigating the grave.