Tunelul Timpului.브란 성(Castelul Bran. Bran Castle. 드라큘라 성). 브란(Bran)

Tunelul Timpului.

브란 성(Castelul Bran. Bran Castle. 드라큘라 성).

브란(Bran). 루마니아(Romania)

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Since its construction, the fortress was equipped with a 7 meters deep water cistern, dug as a truncated cone into the inner courtyard of the Castle. In the 17th century, the cistern was converted into an approximately 59 meters deep well. Around 1761, the foreigners travelling across the Romanian provinces were sometimes mentioning the distinctive taste of the water in the courtyard of the fortress.

In 1937, Queen Marie decided to place an elevator into the shaft of the well, that was going to connect the Royal Park to the Castle, through a horizontal gallery designed by the Czech architect Karel Liman. The Queen had littel time to enjoy the comfort that the Stigler elevator was providing, before passing away in 1938. During the communist era, the elevator was abused, massively damaged and eventually abandoned.

Important restoration works began at the Castle after its restitution in 2006 and its transfer to a private administration in 2009. Designing the project took approximately 5 years and 7,000 hours and was developed by an extensive multidisciplinary team consisting of over 100 people having various specialties. The works comprise the consolidation of the two galleries, the replacement of the elevator and the launching of a revolutionary multimedia show.

The restorations began on March 31st 2017 and 29,000 hours of works were consumed: 12 miners displaced 330 cubic meters of various rocks, the total excavation volume being 1,900 cubic meters; 420 cubic meters of concrete were cast; 20 kilometres of cable trails wer added; over 150 sensors across the entire electromagnetic spectrum; 60 servers and control systems; 80 sound control channels and 120 dedicated software and applications.

Due to its unique features and remarkable technical performance, the "Stone" elevator, manufactured by Elmas company in Brasov, was designated the absolute winner of the "Special-Purpose Lifts" competition in 2019

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