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Culă
A ''culă'' (plural: ''cule''; from Turkish ''kule'' "tower, turret") is a semi-fortified building found in the Oltenia region of Romania with a number of examples located in the historical province of Muntenia. They were originally built as homes for the ruling Boyar class to defend against violent raids by rebels from the south of the Danube during the eighteenth century and also against riots by local population against the boyars (e.g. Osman Pazvantoğlu). Similar constructions exist throughout the Balkans, see Tower houses in the Balkans. List of cule Oltenia: *''Cula Barbu Poenaru'' (1750), from Almăj, Dolj *''Cula Izvoranu'', from Brabova, Dolj *''Cula Crăsnaru'' (1808), from Groşerea, Aninoasa, Gorj *''Cula Cornoiu'' from Curtişoara, Gorj *''Cula Cartianu'' from Cartiu, Gorj *''Cula Grecescu'' (1818), from Şiacu, Slivileşti, Gorj *''Cula Cuţui'' (1815) from Broşteni, Mehedinţi *Cula Tudor Vladimirescu (1800) from Cerneţi, Mehedinţi *''Cula Nistor'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cula Greceanu, Sat Măldărești, Vâlcea
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Cula may refer to: People * Cula Naga of Anuradhapura * Penny Cula-Reid (born 1988), Australian Australian rules football player * Slaviša Čula (born 1968), Serbian football player Other * Culă, Romanian semi-fortified building * Cúla4, Irish TV channel * CULA, fictitious university in Legally Blonde ''Legally Blonde'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic in his feature-length directorial debut, and scripted by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith from Amanda Brown's 2001 novel of the same name. It stars Reese Wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Houses In The Balkans
A distinctive type of Ottoman tower houses ( sq, kullë; bg, кули, ; sr, kуле, ro, culă, all meaning "tower", from Arabic (, “fort, fortress”) via Persian , meaning "mountain" or "top", and Turkish ) developed and were built in the BalkansGreville Pounds 1994p. 335 "In southeastern Europe, where the extended family was exemplified as nowhere else in the western world, the home itself was often protected, giving rise to the kula or tower- house." (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia), as well as in Oltenia, in Romania, after the Ottoman conquest in the Middle Ages by both Christian and Muslim communities. The practice began during the decline of Ottoman power in the 17th centuryGrube-Mitchell 1978, p. 204: "a distinctive form of defensive tower-dwelling, the kula, developed among both the Christian and the Muslim communities during the insecure period of the decline of the Ottoman authority in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietroșani, Argeș
Pietroșani is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of five villages: Bădești, Gănești, Pietroșani, Retevoiești and Vărzăroaia. References Communes in Argeș County Localities in Muntenia {{Argeş-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mioveni
Mioveni () is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately 15 km (9 miles) north-east of Pitești. , it had a population of 31,998. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu and Racovița. History It was first mentioned in a written record in 1485. It developed much in the 1970s after the construction of the Automobile Dacia manufacturing plant, inaugurated in 1968. There is also a Nuclear Research Institute, that builds components and materials for the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, and a high security prison. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. Prior to April 1989, when it was declared a town, the place was a commune under the name of ''Colibași''. In 1996, the historic name of Mioveni was revived, although the old village had been completely razed under the Communist regime in order to make way for new urban construction. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zătreni
Zătreni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of fourteen villages: Butanu, Ciortești, Dealu Glămeia, Dealu Văleni, Făurești, Mănicea, Mecea, Oltețu, Sășcioara, Stanomiru, Valea Văleni, Văleni, Zătreni and Zătrenii de Sus. Until 2004, it also included Contea, Gănești, Lăcusteni, Lăcustenii de Jos and Lăcustenii de Sus villages; these were split off that year to form Lăcusteni Commune. Natives * Marin Voinea References Communes in Vâlcea County Localities in Oltenia {{Vâlcea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Măldărești
Măldărești is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... It is composed of four villages: Măldărești, Măldăreștii de Jos, Roșoveni and Telechești. References Communes in Vâlcea County Localities in Oltenia {{Vâlcea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujoreni, Vâlcea
Bujoreni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania, just to the north of Râmnicu Vâlcea, the seat of Vâlcea County. It is composed of seven villages: Bogdănești, Bujoreni, Gura Văii, Lunca, Malu Alb, Malu Vârtop and Olteni (the commune centre). Agriculture is the main income source. There are special traditions which have been well preserved. Geography Bujoreni stretches along the European Route E81 ( DN 7) (Bucharest - Râmnicu Vâlcea - Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...), on the right bank of the River Olt. Natives * Valeriu Sârbu (born 1931), poet, playwright References External links * http://primariabujoreni.ro/ * http://www.muzee-valcea.ro * http://www.valceaturistica.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Bujoreni, Valcea Communes in Vâlce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobroteasa
Dobroteasa is a commune in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of four villages: Batia, Câmpu Mare, Dobroteasa, and Vulpești. Natives * Virgil Calotescu References Communes in Olt County Localities in Muntenia {{Olt-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
