Aproape de Drobeta-Turnu Severin se află Cerneţi, un sat măricel, foarte important prin faptul că la marginea acestuia, pe dealuri, se află două cule vechi: Cula Nistor şi Cula Tudor Vladimirescu. Sunt una lângă alta, la câteva sute de metri distanţă. Din păcate nu se găsesc foarte uşor: trebuie întrebaţi localnicii iar eu am avut norocul de a întreba chiar pe mama paznicului celor două cule! Aşa am ştiut să fac prima la stânga cum intru în sat, să trec peste calea ferată pe drumul din mijloc (nu cel din dreapta care urcă, nici cel drept înainte-stânga) apoi iar dreapta pieptiş pe un deal, accesibil totuşi maşinilor de oraş.
Domunul Ion Ciurel, paznicul culelor, face parte din acea categorie de oameni cărora li se datorează dăinuirea anumitor valori istorice, având în vedere devotamentul şi munca lor zilnică, deseori solitară, în folosul patrimoniului.
Cula Nistor a fost clădiră în preajma Revoluţiei lui Tudor Vladimirescu de către Nistor, unul dintre căpitanii săi. Cândva în jurul ei se îndindea o gospodărie prosperă, astăzi doar cula rămâne stingheră între vii.
Ca multe alte proprietăţi vechi, a trecut şi ea prin vitregiile retrocedărilor şi altor probleme aferente şi am aflat că în martie anul acesta s-a redeschis vizitatorilor. Totuşi, este mai prudent să daţi un telefon la primăria Cerneţi sau la Muzeul Regiunii Porţile de Fier pentru a afla exact orarul vizitelor. Oricum, merită văzută şi doar din exterior!
The Nistor fortified boyar house in Cerneți
Close to Drobeta-Turnu Severin is Cerneți, a pretty big village and an important one by the fact that on its edge, on the hills, are found two historical kulas: the Nistor and Tudor Vladimirescu fortified boyar houses. They are near each other. Unfortunately, they are not easy to find since there are no markings, so you have to ask the locals. I had the luck to run into the mother of the caretaker so we drove together to the place. The correct road is the first left after you enter the village, then cross the railway and take the middle road (not the one on the right which climbs, nor the one on the left which is sort of straight ahead, the one between them). Then we drove up on the dirt road which can be used by regular cars.
Mr. Ion Ciurel, the caretaker of the kulas, is part of that category of men who we owe for the preservation of certain historical values, given his devotion and daily labor, often solitary and unrecognized.
The Nistor kula was built around the 1821 Revolution led by Tudor Vladimirescu. Nistor was one of his captains. A whole household was built around it, with many other buildings which are now gone.
Like many other ancient properties, it was plagued by the problems of nationalization and then retrocession and I heard that in spring 2011 it was reopened to visitors. However, it is better to telephone to the Cerneți town hall or the Iron Gates Museum to find out the exact schedule. In any case, the site is worth a visit.
The Nistor fortified boyar house in Cerneți
Close to Drobeta-Turnu Severin is Cerneți, a pretty big village and an important one by the fact that on its edge, on the hills, are found two historical kulas: the Nistor and Tudor Vladimirescu fortified boyar houses. They are near each other. Unfortunately, they are not easy to find since there are no markings, so you have to ask the locals. I had the luck to run into the mother of the caretaker so we drove together to the place. The correct road is the first left after you enter the village, then cross the railway and take the middle road (not the one on the right which climbs, nor the one on the left which is sort of straight ahead, the one between them). Then we drove up on the dirt road which can be used by regular cars.
Mr. Ion Ciurel, the caretaker of the kulas, is part of that category of men who we owe for the preservation of certain historical values, given his devotion and daily labor, often solitary and unrecognized.
The Nistor kula was built around the 1821 Revolution led by Tudor Vladimirescu. Nistor was one of his captains. A whole household was built around it, with many other buildings which are now gone.
Like many other ancient properties, it was plagued by the problems of nationalization and then retrocession and I heard that in spring 2011 it was reopened to visitors. However, it is better to telephone to the Cerneți town hall or the Iron Gates Museum to find out the exact schedule. In any case, the site is worth a visit.
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