Culă
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A culă (plural: cule) 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 incursions by Ottoman troops during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars or against violent raids by rebels from the south of the Danube during the Stagnation of the Ottoman Empire (e.g. Osman Pazvantoğlu).
[edit] List of cule
- Cula Barbu Poenaru (1750), Almăj, Dolj
- Cula Izvoranu, de la Brabova, Dolj
- Cula Crăsnaru (1808), Groşerea, Aninoasa, Gorj
- Cula Cornoiu de la Curtişoara, Gorj
- Cula Cartianu din Cartiu, Gorj
- Cula Grecescu (1818), Şiacu, comuna Slivileşti, Gorj
- Cula Cuţui (1815) din Broşteni, Mehedinţi
- Cula lui Tudor Vladimirescu (1800) din Cerneţi, Mehedinţi
- Cula Nistor (1812), din Cerneţi, Mehedinţi
- Cula Galiţa (1790), Câmpu Mare, comuna Dobroteasa, Mehedinţi
- Cula de la Bujoreni, Vâlcea
- Cula Greceanu din Măldăreşti, Vâlcea (cea mai veche culă din România, approximately 1517)
- Cula din Zătreni (1754), comuna Zătreni, Vâlcea
Muntenia:
- Cula Racoviţa, Mioveni, Argeş [1]
- Cula Drugănescu Retevoieşti, Argeş [2]
- Cula lui Costea, de la Frăsinet, Teleorman
