Chiojdu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkjoʒdu] ) is a commune in the northwestern hill and mountainside region of Buzău County , Muntenia , Romania . Made up of six villages (Bâsca Chiojdului, Cătiașu, Chiojdu, Lera, Plescioara and Poenițele) on the bank of the river Bâsca Chiojdului , a small tributary of the Buzău , it is the center of a region known for the good preservation of old traditions and folk art , especially the particular architectural style of the houses.
11-521: (Redirected from Bâsca River ) Bâsca may refer to several rivers and settlements in Romania: Bâsca (also Bâsca Roziliei ), a tributary of the river Buzău Bâsca Mică , a tributary of the river Bâsca Bâsca Mare, the upper course of the river Bâsca Bâsca Chiojdului , a tributary of the river Buzău Bâsca Chiojdului, a village in the commune Chiojdu [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
22-456: Is dated 10 July 1418. It is an act of voivod Michael I of Wallachia by which he acknowledges ownership of the land in Chiojdu to the local yeomen . There is also a legend explaining the foundation of the Chiojdu village. It speaks of a wealthy Transylvanian peasant named Chiojd who lost all his family and possessions in a fire and started to wander around the mountains. Once he arrived in
33-609: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chiojdu Chiojdu is located in the Chiojdu Hollow , in the sub-Carpathian hills at the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains . The commune's inhabited regions are located to its south, in the valley of the Bâsca Chiojdului , but its administrative territory extends northwards into
44-542: The King Michael I Park , Bucharest , Romania . The museum showcases traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m , and contains 123 authentic peasant settlements, 363 monuments and over 50,000 artefacts from around Romania. Structures in the museum ranged from the 17th to the 20th century, representative of different ethnographic regions including Banat , Transylvania , Moldavia , Maramures , Oltenia , Dobrogea , Muntenia . The village
55-748: The Village Museum in Bucharest . Also, the Vergu-Mănăilă House and the restaurant in Crâng Park , both buildings located in Buzău , share the same basic architectural features. Village Museum The Village Museum or formally National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" ( Romanian : Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti" ) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in
66-478: The folk architecture of the Carpathians' curvature region. A typical Chiojdu house design features a high porch on top of a cellar entrance on its facade . The basement, typically built of stone, houses cellars where food and wine are stored. The top floor can be made of wood, clay or bricks and is split into several inhabited rooms. Such a house from the Chiojdu region is part of the open-air exhibition at
77-624: The fourth open-air museum of Europe after Skansen ( Stockholm , Sweden ), Norsk Folkemuseum at Bygdøy ( Oslo , Norway ), and the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania at Hoia Forest in Cluj-Napoca . The museum initially was 4.5 ha in size with 33 authentic settlements that were transferred from the researched villages. Among them was the Maramures wooden church from Dragomirești , Maramures county . The building remains
88-677: The mountains, to the Siriu Peak (1654 m), the highest altitude in Chiojdu. The commune's neighbors are: Prahova County ( Starchiojd and Cerașu communes) to the West, Brașov and Covasna counties ( Vama Buzăului and Sita Buzăului communes, respectively) to the North, Siriu and Nehoiu to the East, Pătârlagele and Cătina to the South. The earliest known written document mentioning Chiojdu
99-406: The present-day location of the Chiojdu village, he decided to settle down. The beauty of the place helped him move away from the sadness of losing his wife and his home. He eventually married a woman named Bâsca and they had two boys, Chiojdu Mare and Chiojdu Mic and a girl named Chojdeanca , who went on to found the villages that kept their names. Chiojdu is a very representative area for
110-439: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bâsca_(disambiguation)&oldid=733828531 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-478: Was a creation of the folklorist and sociologist Dimitrie Gusti . The location plans were executed by the writer, playwright, director Victor Ion Popa and set designer Henri H. Stahl . The necessary financial funds were provided by the Royal Cultural Foundation and in the presence of King Carol II of Romania the museum was inaugurated on 10 May 1936. At the time of its inauguration, it was
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