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Sources & method

Ledger L1–L17 (TO-VERIFY never presented as verified). Novel quotes carry chapter + edition (Gutenberg 345). The 13 legs re-measured by OSRM on 2026-09-17 (one-way, no traffic, planning-grade).

  1. [S1] Bran official, plan your visit: fares/hours/access (verifiability, linked out). plan-your-visit
  2. [S2] Bran official, Dracula page: institutional self-presentation exhibit only (never-visited, fictional character, Dragon etymology, “only match” marketing, 1467 dating, garbled Boner cite). count-dracula
  3. [S3] Britannica, Vlad the Impaler: 1431 Sighisoara, d. 1476 (orientation tertiary). Britannica
  4. [S4] Light 2008 academic PDF: never visited Transylvania, Gerard context. Light 2008
  5. [S5] Arges County Museum, Poenari: first Basarabs likely, Tepes-phase extension, chronicle quote. Poenari
  6. [S6] Targoviste National Museum, “Dracula – legend and historic truth”: Order 1408, 1431 → Draculea, probabil 1431, three reigns, Chindia, death end of 1476. Dracula
  7. [S7] Eagles UCL thesis v1: Snagov 1931 dig (sherds, headless skeleton, lost finds), “circumstantial and anecdotal”, de facto capital (at one remove). Eagles thesis
  8. [S8] Bucharest Archdiocese, Snagov: stone before the altar (not burial), 1456 works, 1933–1940 digs. Snagov
  9. [S9] GeoReview/USV paper (Borgo literary tourism): pass location, 1976 decision, Tihuta 1983, post-1990 renaming. GeoReview
  10. [S10] Stoker, Dracula, full Gutenberg 345: Borgo ×8, whole-word “Bran” 0, no devil line. pg345.txt
  11. [S11] Live Science via Curta: nothing owned in Transylvania, Bran no residence (scholarship via press). Live Science
  12. [S12] CJ Arges 31 Mar 2026: 27 Mar joint commission, ~30 steps + 2 landings cracked, freeze-thaw, 1 Aug deadline (lapsed; re-checked at publication, S12b). CJ Arges 31.03
  13. [S12b] CJ Arges 18 May 2026: open daily 10:00–18:00, last ascent 17:00 (confirmed open at publication). CJ Arges 18.05
  14. [S13] Myth witnesses (hostile exhibits): Kaytrip bus PDF + HolidayAsia 8ERS-CN-250725 (Nov 2025), the shared “story set at this castle” boilerplate. kaytrip PDF
  15. [S14] Overlap contract (projects.json 2026-09-17 verbatim): castele-de-vizitat (Bran fares), orase-medievale (Sighisoara town logistics), transfagarasan (no Poenari). castele orase
  16. [S15] Hovi (Folklore.ee 57, after Light 2012): the two 1970s–80s builds for enthusiasts. Hovi
  17. [S16] Light 2007 (Annals of Tourism Research 34(3)): three phases, 11 pp. (1968 crews, 1972 book, ONT tour, ambivalent state, 1990 translation). Light 2007
  18. [S17] 13 OSRM legs (re-measured 2026-09-17, one-way minutes): OTP–Targoviste 95, Bucharest–Snagov 39, Cluj–Borgo 205, Brasov–Bran 37, Brasov–Sighisoara 121, Sibiu–Bran 160, Bucharest–Bran 177, Bucharest–Poenari 144, Bucharest–Sighisoara 283, Brasov–Poenari 190, Cluj–Sighisoara 141, Sibiu–Sighisoara 102, Targoviste–Snagov 88. Endpoints in the method note; round trip ×2; climbs excluded.
  19. [S18] Wilkinson 1820 scan (archive.org): p. 19 footnote “Dracula in the Wallachian language means Devil…” (OCR confronted at publication). Wilkinson scan
  20. [S19] Gerard 1888, Gutenberg 57168: “nosferatu, or vampire…” (2 hits, confronted at publication). pg57168.txt
  21. [S20] Boner 1865 scan (archive.org): contents “CASTLE OF TERZBURG”, text without Bran, Torzburg pass once (confronted at publication). Boner scan
  22. [S21] Rosenbach Stoker holdings guide (17 Apr 2024): manuscript EL3.S874d MS, ~119 leaves (where to check uptake). Rosenbach guide
  23. [S22] Borgo operating signal (aggregators, Sept 2026): autumn rooms listed (no official site; router gates, never “go”). Pages omitted (volatile; signal and date kept).

TO-VERIFY (declared unverified, no theses in text): L5 Stoker uptake (manuscripts), L11 Boner last three tracks, L10 hotel confirmation, new legs. Bans: Tihuta Pass wiki dates, beyondthelamppost 1974, reviews/video (witnesses only).