The Fruit Grower's Household from Bălănești, Gorj County

Towards the fruit grower’s household from Bălănești 🍎🧭

We are heading to the last stop of our tour: the fruit grower’s household brought from Bălănești, one of the most impressive monumental wooden constructions in northern Oltenia.

Listen to the audio guide 🎧 and observe the massive house made of round oak logs, organized on two levels, with a porch on two sides and a monumental carved gate. Discover how its architecture reflects the status of a wealthy family and the close connection with fruit growing and viticulture, essential activities for the household’s life 🍇🛠️.

Answer together the discovery questions 🔍:

1. How was the ground floor of the house organized and what activities related to fruit growing and viticulture took place there? 🍎🍷

2. What differences do you notice between the spaces on the ground floor and those on the upper floor, and what do they tell us about the family’s way of life? 🏠⬆️

3. What decorative elements of the porch and the monumental gate indicate the wealthy status of the owners? 🪵✨

Look carefully at the size of the construction and the carved details, and imagine the life of a prosperous household where the fruits of the orchards and vineyards were diligently put to good use 👀🌳.