Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Braşov (Kronstadt in German, Brassoi in Hungarian), a city in Romania, residence of the Braşov county. The total population of Brasov is 283,901, according to the 2002 census. Braşov is located in the central part of the country, at about 160 Km from Bucharest and surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains. It is part of the Transylvania region. Attractions The nearby Bran Castle, said to have belonged to Dracula (though nobody has proofs of that) Biserica Neagra - old medieval church initially built in 1383, reconstructed in 1477 Biserica St. Nicolae - 14th century church Poiana Brasov Ski Resort For more tourist information, see the Wikitravel article on Brasov. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.