Wine grower's farm, HOUSE Ţicleni, Gorj , 19TH CENTURY
Located in an area with deciduous and coniferous forests, the town of Gorjean Țicleni is surrounded by the sub-Carpathian hills between Jiu and Gilort of Oltenia and those of the Getic Plateau. The inhabitants of this old village of Moșneni were breeders of animals and winemakers, detail highlighted by the presence of "pempes", wooden constructions covered with vines, where wine barrels and wine tools were kept. From here, the house of Andrei Şofei was transferred to the Village Museum, being representative for the popular architecture of the wineries in the region.
The house is a two -level construction, raised on a stone foundation. On the thick soles called "bears" or "thick" the structure of the walls of thick oak beams is raised on four sides, concluded in straight "cubes".
The walls of the floor are glued with clay and wandered. The roof in four slopes is covered with shingle, with "spikes" and "Ciocârlani" at the ridge. The facade is decorated with specific gorjene motifs: a carved belt almost continuously horizontal above the windows and vertically in the middle of the facade; and at the corners - carved "waves".
The plan includes on the ground floor a single room - the cellar, with open porch, and the floor, which climbs on a side scale, has a closed porch with railing and two rooms with separate doors: the kitchen and the living room ("Hodaia"). The interior is modest, including reduced furniture to the strictly necessary (bed, table, "quail", use vessels, etc.) and some decorative textile pieces.
