Angol leírás, sztori

The castle of Bran was restored and arranged be used as a residence of the royal family after the citizens of Brasov, through a unanimous decision of the city’s council, offered the castle to Queen Maria of Romania in 1920. From 1920 until 1932, the castle was converted into a royal summer residence, coordinated by the Czech architect Karen Liman. Four Venetian well-heads were placed in and next to the castle in this period.
On three of the faces of the late-fourteen century Gothic well-head standing in the courtyard of the castle are sculpted two different amphoras and one shield surmounted by a helmet with a sitting lion. Cabbage leaves ornament the corners. This well-head was known till now only from the drawing series of Grevembroch with the caption: “Pozzo in contrada di S. Sofia nella corte tuttavia detta di Ca’ Michiel, ma anticamente posseduta da chi apparteneva il sopradimostrato stemma” . The shield represents a rampant lion, a widespread motif of coat of arms, on the basis of which it is difficult to identify the origin.