Liana Carina Tătăranu, president of the “Inima Olteniei” Association, who participated in the restoration works, found, following a recent visit, that the front door was torn off: “Like us, no one … Some they struggle to repair, renovate, restore, protect, etc., and others only destroy.
Today I was unpleasantly surprised to find that the access door to Cula Cioabă-Chitescu in Şiacu (Gorj) – which the Oltenia-Vest Monuments Ambulance made safe last year – was torn from its frame.
Message for the curious – heritage lovers or not: “When a door is closed, it means that there are good reasons. In the present case, the tailgate was closed for two reasons:
1. protection of the monument until it is fully restored;
2. protection of visitors from possible accidents.
Please admire it only from the outside. Don’t go inside anymore because there are no valuables, no objects …
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The woodwork is quite damaged, most of it is missing, so there is a danger of accidents! ”, Is the message posted by Liana Carina Tătăranu on her Facebook page.
New roof
Volunteers from the “Ambulance for Coins” Association saved, last year, from destruction Cula Cioabă-Chintescu, from Şiacu locality, Slivileşti commune, Gorj county, by installing a new roof and carrying out restoration works.
The roof was made of wood with traditional tools by specialists and volunteers and mounted with a crane. Eugen Vaida, coordinator of the “Monument Ambulance”, said that the roof was rebuilt according to the documents and photos with the original roof: “The cul-de-sac is important because it is unique in Oltenia. It has structural problems, but we have found minimally invasive solutions to strengthen the walls. “
The “Ambulance for Monuments” Association is among the winners of the “Our Europe 2020” awards for the project to save traditional houses in Transylvania. Prince Charles also donated money to the Monument Ambulance Association.
The history of Cioabă-Chitescu
Cula from Şiacu dates from 1818. The historical monument was taken over by the “Alexandru Ştefulescu” County Museum in 2013, but no funds were found for its restoration.
The tail is shaped like a tower. The built area is 40 square meters, and the developed one is 120 square meters. The construction of the abutment began in 1818 by the boyar Răducan Cioabă and was completed in 1822-1823 by the pitar boyar Marin Chinţescu.
The cul-de-sacs were the boyars’ houses, built to protect the property and lives of their family members against the invasions of Ottoman plunderers from the south of the Danube. The shape of the abutment was a tower with 3-4 sides, provided with ramparts from where one could shoot with firearms in any part of the yard.
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