Stone sheep wintershed, Şugag, Alba county, middle of the 19th century
Staurul, named locally and "Curtea de sheep", is a pastoral construction of archaic type specific to the villages scattered in the Şureanu Mountains, used for sheep shelter in winter. Staurul was transferred to the museum in 1994 from the village of Arti (Şugag commune, Alba county) from Ştefan Gheorghe (said Păstoiu).
The walls are made of a small stone with lime and sand mortar. The roof was no longer kept in the field, but was reconstituted on the basis of the information provided by the owner. Thus, in the specificity of the area, the frame was made of fir wood, and the rye coating placed in the technique of the "jips" (snop), with a rock shingle.
The construction has the ability to shelter 100-120 sheep, and next to Staur is the Tarca and Strunga.
The use of the stone for such a pastoral construction is a rarity. In addition to the one in the Village Museum, there is only one staurus of this type, made in 1953, at the Prislop Monastery (Hunedoara county), under the guidance of Father Arsenie Boca.
