US-based owner of what has become known as Dracula's castle has offered to sell the 800-year-old Transylvanian fortress in the Carpathian Mountains to the local authority for $25 mln (EUR 19 mln). Brasov County Council has confirmed to media sources that it received the proposal this week 'I don't think the owners have taken the offer to sell the castle to the real estate market worldwide,' spokeswoman Mihaela Chicomban said. The building was returned by Romanian authorities to Dominic von Habsburg in May, reversing the nationalisation of properties, including royal residences, 58 years ago.
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