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The Island of Vlad the Impaler (English Subtitled)
A video documentary by CĂTĂLIN KISLINGER
The mysterious island of Snagov is about 40Km North from Bucharest. The legend says that Vlad the Impaler was buried on this island.
The King has been murdered on the Christmas day of 1476 by traitorous boyars who sold themselves to the Ottoman Empire. The legend says that soldiers faithful to the King took his head and the headless body and buried them on the Snagov island.
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