Historic 400k Euro Fortified House For Sale In Maldaresti, Romania

Historic Charm of Greceanu Kula

This historic fortified house for sale in Maldaresti, Romania looks like something out of a fairy tale. Maldar-Greceanu Kula is priced at €400k and is the oldest documented Romanian fortified house. Greceanu Kula from Maldaresti-Valcea is the oldest kula and one of the most spectacular monuments in Romania. The historical building is inscribed in the National Heritage and is part of the Maldaresti Museum Complex, a complex that also includes Duca Kula and the I.G. Duca Memorial House.

Museum Heritage and Cultural Significance

Greceanu Kula is part of the Heritage Museum since 1956, having a museum function kept by the present owners, the heirs of the Greceanu. The house is known for its authenticity and has often been used in Romanian film productions such as The Fearless, The Road of Bones, and Iancu-Jianu-The Outlaw. The pillars were built by the Oltenian boyars at the end of the 16th century, as a defense wall against the Ottoman incursions. Hence the name of Cula which in Turkish (Kule) means tower. The house has a long and amazing history. The story of the kula begins in 1516 when Nan the Cupbearer builds a defense tower to protect his territory from the outlaws' assaults. Several years later, his nephew, Tudor Maldar, built a fortified house around the tower. Legend states that Tudor, a boyar in Mihai Viteazul's army, fought bravely with the Tatars. The battle would have resulted in his death if the Tatar Khan's daughter, the Tatar leader, did not interfere. She fell in love with Tudor and because he saved his life, the young man offered her the fortified house.

Restoration and Family Legacy

The present form of the kula originates from the 18th century, being restored between the years 1780-1790 by the boyar Gheorghe Maldarescu and his wife, Eva, who founded in 1790 St. Nicholas and St. Voivodes churches from the immediate vicinity of the kula. The last Maldar who owned the castle was the maiden Eva who left Maldaresti as a dowry for her daughter, Maria. She married Gheorghe Greceanu, and from then on, the heirs of the kula will be the Greceanu's.

Architectural Features and Interior

Today, after hundreds of years, the kula is unchanged on the outside. The entrance has a massive oak door with locks and iron bars, which pierce the walls. The construction harmoniously combines a high porch and a few oak doors, three trilobate arches, and the defense tower that can be reached through a ladder sustained by a rope. The largest room in the house is the room with sofas, separated by tables as per Turkish fashion. In the adjacent room, you can find the history of the Maldaresti family, where Olga Greceanu, the descendant of the owners of the kula, painted in 1934 frescoes from the family's history.

Unique Tourist Attractions in Romania

Romania is best known for its beautiful mountains and countryside, for Dracula's castle and the Danube Delta. The country, however, is host to some unique tourist attractions that deserve to be discovered and visited. The Maldaresti village in Romania, located in Valcea county, Oltenia region, is home to some of the most charming fortified mansions in the country, known as the fortified mansions of Maldaresti. These are fortified houses generically called Cule Oltenesti.