Les "coules" de Petite Valachie
RomaniaCommission Nationale des Monuments, Ensembles et Sites Historiques - Bucarest
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Description
Le nom roumain "coula" emprunte au turc tKula signifie tour),designe un tour-habitation avec trois on meme quatre niveaux, utilise par la grande ou la petite noblesse du pays. Habituellement les coulas sont situees dans les points dominants pour surveilles les passages. Sur des plans carres, avec escalier interiour, des meurtrieres,le dernier etage etant prevue d'un "foisor" (espace ouvert sur deux ou trois cotes, avec des arcatures soutenues de colonnes.