Corvin Castle has been the center of numerous pop culture assets, and is featured in movies like Age of Empires II, the British paranormal program Most Haunted Live!, Ghost Rider 2, and more.
Corvin Castle was built in the 1440s at the command of John Hunyadi, who was the Voivode (i.e. governor) of Transylvania. The land where it sits was home to the structural remains of a keep that had been built by Charles I of England.
Corvin re-emerged in history in the 17th century, when the wooden architectural elements caught fire during a lightning storm. This was when people began to take notice of it again, and restoration works began in earnest.
However, the people assigned to this refurbishment weren’t exactly sure what the original castle had looked like, so the revamp is a manifestation of their own ideas. Waylaid in the vein of Gothic-Renaissance artistry, Corvin Castle’s reign of terror was covered with a layer of whimsy. Experts opine that Corvin wasn’t as fancy or fantastical in its original iteration.