{"id":3627,"date":"2014-10-28T14:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T14:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-truth-about-transylvania\/"},"modified":"2018-05-29T17:21:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T17:21:33","slug":"the-truth-about-transylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-truth-about-transylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"THE TRUTH ABOUT TRANSYLVANIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-45248818\/stock-photo-transylvania%2C-romania\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/dce5d-bigstock-transylvania-romania-45248818.jpg\" alt=\"  Tatiana Volgutova  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tatiana Volgutova<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>0<br \/>\n0<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n120<br \/>\n687<br \/>\nShutterstock<br \/>\n5<br \/>\n1<br \/>\n806<br \/>\n14.0<\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>Normal<br \/>\n0<\/p>\n<p>false<br \/>\nfalse<br \/>\nfalse<\/p>\n<p>EN-US<br \/>\nJA<br \/>\nX-NONE<\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p> \/* Style Definitions *\/<br \/>\ntable.MsoNormalTable<br \/>\n\t{mso-style-name:&#8221;Table Normal&#8221;;<br \/>\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;<br \/>\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-priority:99;<br \/>\n\tmso-style-parent:&#8221;&#8221;;<br \/>\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-para-margin:0in;<br \/>\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;<br \/>\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;<br \/>\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;<br \/>\n\tfont-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;<br \/>\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;<br \/>\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}<\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11.5pt;\">Chances are that when you hear the word Transylvania, your thoughts immediately go to the world of Dracula and vampires. Think again. Transylvania is a beautiful and largely-populated region of central Romania, without a vampire in sight.&nbsp;Its landscapes and scenery is how much of the world originally came to understand the region, though we now tend to associate it with the infamous bloodsucker, after the success of Bram Stoker&#8217;s <em>Dracula<\/em>. The novel used Transylvania as its setting, and has since become synonymous with it, thanks to countless film adaptations of the literary masterpiece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11.5pt;\">Sink your teeth into some sumptuous royalty-free photos of Transylvania, and decide for yourself if it is as scary as popular culture has led you to believe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-47906138\/stock-photo-achitectural-detail-of-rasnov-fortress\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/d3df6-bigstock-achitectural-detail-of-rasnov-47906138.jpg\" alt=\"  David Ionut  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Ionut<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-40246396\/stock-photo-black-church-in-brasov\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/7ca0a-img.jpg\" alt=\"  draghicich  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">draghicich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-42809476\/stock-photo-brasov-old-city-at-dusk-time%2C-romania\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/1b65e-bigstock-brasov-old-city-at-dusk-time-42809476.jpg\" alt=\"  Emi Cristea  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emi Cristea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-50948018\/stock-photo-old-abandoned-haunted-house-and-sky-in-transylvania-with-clouds-abandoned-mansion-in-ruins\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/54390-img.jpg\" alt=\"  iancucristi  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">iancucristi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-53447416\/stock-photo-cisnadioara-fortress%2C-transylvania%2C-romania\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/2881c-bigstock-cisnadioara-fortress-transylv-53447416.jpg\" alt=\"  draghicich  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">draghicich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-48965255\/stock-photo-summer-landscape-in-transylvania%2C-romania\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/db03a-bigstock-summer-landscape-in-transylvan-48965255.jpg\" alt=\"  Czamfir  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Czamfir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/image-39875866\/stock-photo-old-house\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/c2480-bigstock-old-house-39875866.jpg\" alt=\"  draghicich  \" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">draghicich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check out our curated&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/saved\/21873949\/transylvania\">Transylvania<\/a> lightbox below, filled with royalty-free images. Fear not. None of them suck.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/saved\/21873949\/transylvania\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/11d1a-screenshot2014-10-15at3-13-34pm-34pm.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/free-trial\/?&amp;mobi=1&amp;pl=BSBLUS&amp;cr=FreeTrial\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/b4903-blog_footer_freetrial-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0 0 1 120 687 Shutterstock 5 1 806 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:&#8221;Table Normal&#8221;; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:&#8221;&#8221;; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Chances are that when you hear the word Transylvania, your thoughts immediately&hellip;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-truth-about-transylvania\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[36,161,663,776],"class_list":["post-3627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galleries","tag-travel-photography","tag-halloween","tag-landscapes","tag-romania","col-sm-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcS8aA-Wv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8067,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3627\/revisions\/8067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}