Count Dracula is buried in Naples. The new theory sais that Dracula's tomb is located in the cloister of the church of Santa Maria la Nova in the historic center of Naples.
The small cloister of the church of Santa Maria la Nova hides a secret. Dracula's tomb is located in the historic center of Naples. Some scolars assert the marble tombstone to be the Voivoda's one, among them : Orest Karmashov and Giandomenico Glinni, Tallin University, historian Raffaello Glinni, Nicola Barbatelli, scientific manager of the "Museo delle Antiche Genti", Erika Stella, PhD student and the Istituto Orientale di Napoli. Maria Balsa, the daughter of Vlad III Voivoda of Valacchia was taken to Naples by Andronica Arianiti Commeno who was George Castriot Skanderbeg's widow. Maria Balsa was welcomed by Ferdinando I Aragona king of Naples. Ferdinando I, Vlad III and Skanderbeg were members of the Order of the Dragon, the order was founded to fight the Ottomans. The new theory sais that Vlad Tepes did not die in battle, but was captured by the Ottomans. He might have been ransomed by his daughter and taken to Naples. The Naples tombstone is decorated with a large dragon, two sphinx and two dolphins, which were all simbols related to the Tepes dinasty. There are no other similar symbols in the city. On a wall of the same church there is an inscription which is still being translated, where the word "Vlad" or "Blad" is repeated three times. Bram Stoker was in Naples before writing his gothic horror novel Dracula.
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Location: Napoli Italy
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