Dracula’s Castle wins Europeana prize!
We are happy to announce that the results of the public vote for the GLAM category prize organised by Europeana on Facebook that we wrote about last month are finally known!
Out of 2,300 nominations from the 35 countries participating in Wiki Loves Monuments 2012, the winner that was chosen by Europeana’s friends on Facebook is this amazing picture of a cross near the Bran Castle in the vicinity of Braşov, Romania, more famously known as the “Dracula’s Castle”, taken by LibertinaGrim.
You can read more about LibertinaGrim’s story on the Europeana blog; for now, please enjoy the atmosphere of this beautiful shot!
A cross near the Bran Castle in the vicinity of Braşov, Romania.
Author: LibertinaGrim, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Romania.
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