Turburea: Churches, Village History and the Gilort

The commune of Turburea is located in the south of Gorj County, in the hilly area of the Getic Piedmont. For planning your trip, it is useful to consider the churches, local history, the Gilort and the historic railway connection.

Culture

The wooden church of Sf. Nicolae in Turburea is dated to 1774; 1846 is given as a reference year. The church of Sfânta Treime in the village of Turburea, Gorj County, contains an iconostasis painted by Nicolae Polcovnicul Zugravul (1788–1842).

You can consider the ecclesiastical sites individually and then connect them with the museum-related topics. This keeps names, years and types of objects clearly distinct and is particularly helpful when several interests come together in one trip plan.

History

The Turburea Village Museum was established in 2005. The Turburea Village Collection is a collection for ethnography and local history and has no permanent exhibition.

The Gorj County Museum contains evidence of the settlement of the Gilort Valley from the earliest times, including exhibits from Turburea. A vessel with a capacity of approximately 1.5 litres from the Coţofeni culture, dating from the transition period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age (1800 BC), was also found in Turburea; it was handed over to the Gorj County Museum.

The historical references can be read side by side without reducing them to a single narrative. Those bringing together different interests can mentally structure their visit around churches, collections and the history of the finds; this does not imply a fixed order.

A comparison places different levels of reference side by side: ecclesiastical dates, the history of the village collection, the early settlement along the Gilort and the inauguration of the railway line. The information can be read separately by object, place and time.

Landscape

The Gilort flows west of the Filiaşi–Târgu Jiu railway line, passes underneath it in the north-west of Turburea commune and flows into the Jiu south of the commune. It is the Jiu’s most important left-bank tributary.

The separate information about the river course, railway line and location of the commune can be compared on a map as individual reference points.

Geography

The Filiaşi–Târgu Jiu railway line crosses Turburea commune and was inaugurated on 16 January 1888. The Turburea halt in the village of the same name has existed since 1899.

For your planning, you can consider the dates of the railway and village separately from the ecclesiastical and museum-related years.

For a hotel in Turburea, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can serve as separate points of comparison. This accommodation question remains independent of the local topics: the churches, collections, Gilort and railway line can be considered separately according to your interests.

Customs

In the Căluş tradition in Turburea, the group of young men consisted of a vătaf, a mut and an odd number of căluşari. Hramul Sfintei Treimi is associated with Rusalii (Pentecost).

For the overarching travel overview: Turburea.