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Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

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Carol the second, her brother, on her marriageto the archduke Anton of Habsurg) Due to thePrincesses marriage with Prince Anton ofHabsurg, she was revoked and forced to live inSonnberg castle, Austria. Starting with 1943,the princess will permanently live in thecountry, living in the castle only in the summermonths and tending more to charity works.The magnitude of the domain transformationswas greatly diminished, this period overlappingwith that of the war, when all the country wasgoing through rough social, material andeconomical times.Still, Princes Ileana inherited the spirit andcharitable soul of Queen Maria, throughout herstay in Romania, looking toward helping andsupporting the nearby residents and the warcasualties. In this purpose she built with greatsacrifice and calling to many acquaintanceswho could help her, a hospital on an estateclose to the Castle. By doing this, she couldexpress the great love and consideration whichshe had for her mother, naming the hospital“Queens Heart”.The abdication of King Mihai I, on 30 th ofDecember 1947, releases the domain in thepossession of the Romanian government.Princess Ileana is forced to leave the countrythe political conditions allowing her to return tothe Castle only in 1990.Romanian cultural legacy. Today only threesections function: Castle Section – with piecesof the royal family patrimony (many of themdisappeared in the communist regime period),Medieval Customs Section – in process ofrestoration and Ethnography Section – in thepark near the Castle.RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONSCurrent stateThe expansion which the domain had duringthe time of Queen Maria is no longer valid.Figure 9. Guest house in the natural park (Dobrescu E.2009)Of the total surface ”233 acres to which 183forest acres (fir and beech), 93 acres ofmeadow and 2 acres of grasslands are added”(Ion N.D., 2003) accessible and arranged fortouristic purpose are just the spaces around thecastle.Figure 8. Queen’s Heart” Hospital in Bran (Ion N.D.,2003)In the year 1957, 10 years after the instaurationof People’s republic of Romania, the BranCastle became a museum, the communistregime starting a long period of degradationand estrangement of the wealth of the royalfamily, which although were not Romanianborn, protected, contributed and cherished the318Figure 10. Lake landscape park (Dobrescu E., 2009)In development is the Medieval customs area.Many of the buildings, surrounded by their

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