Contemporary woodcut depicting Vlad III of Wallachia (also known as Vlad the Impaler) medieval ruler of Wallachia, published in Nuremberg in 1488. The most famous Romanian ruler in world history. Contemporary depiction of Stephen the Great, voivode of Moldavia, 1488, Voroneţ Monastery. The longe...
First mentioned as the 'Citadel of București' in 1459, it became the residence of the ruler of Wallachia, Voivode Vlad the Impaler. [24] : 23 The Old Princely Court (Curtea Veche) was erected by Mircea Ciobanul in the mid-16th century. Under subsequent rulers, Bucharest was ...