Article: Count Dracula's cellar found in Hungary

Toronto, October. 3 -- Archaeologists have found a cellar in the university town of Pecs in southern Hungary, which they believe to have belonged to Wallachian Duke Vlad III, more commonly known as "Dracula."

According to a report in the Digital Journal, Tamas Fedeles, tutor of medieval and early modern history at Pecs University said that his research showed that Vlad III Tepes alias "Dracula," lived in a two-story town house on what is now the city's central square.

Fedeles said that the Duke of Wallachia (modern-day southern Rumania) owned the house in the 1460s and this is confirmed by a 1489 document that refers to it as "Drakulya House."

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