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Posted 18-12-2006 15:19 by Chelman |
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Bran Castle Up For Sale
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Dominic de Habsburg is interesting in selling Bran Castle - better known outside Romania as Dracula's Castle - for 25 million euros, his lawyers sending a letter to Brasov County authorities for this purpose, reports daily Zuia. The attorney for the Habsburg family specified that if the Brasov County Council is interested in the offer, the law firm is required to make an initial offer to the Ministry of Culture (MCC), which can exercise its own preemptive right to buy.
"In the case in which the Brasov County Council accepts our offer, we are obligated to ensure the MCC has a preemptive right. It is question of the fact that if the MCC can make an offer equal to that of Brasov County, it becomes the proprietor of the castle," explained the lawyer.
Minister of Culture Adrian Iorgulescu stated that for three years, Bran Castle can be sold only to the Romanian state, giving the MCC the power to block any other deal. "Dominic de Habsburg must keep Bran Castle as a museum for a period of three years, at his expense, probably, this is what prompted him to express his intention to sell the castle," declared Iorgulescu.
Bran Castle, built in the 14th century and given to Queen Marie in 1920, was confiscated by the communist government in 1948. It was returned to the Habsburgs in May of this year.
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