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Word: snagov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fitting end not always stressed by Rumanian historians. After being captured by Turks in 1476, he was decapitated. His head was sent to Constantinople, where it was publicly displayed on a stake-the impaler impaled. Dracula's headless body is said to be buried in the monastery of Snagov, near Bucharest. It was there last week that a party-line-conscious priest observed of Rumania's new hero: "Vlad was a good Christian and he loved the truth. If he impaled people it was just to put a stop to injustice by noblemen at home and Turks from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Is Dracula Really Dead? | 5/23/1977 | See Source »

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