Culă

A culă (plural: cule; from Turkish kule "tower, turret") is a semi-fortified building found in the Oltenia region of Romania with a number of examples located in the historical province of Muntenia. They were originally built as homes for the ruling Boyar class to defend against incursions by Ottoman troops during the Ottoman–Habsburg wars or against violent raids by rebels from the south of the Danube during the Stagnation of the Ottoman Empire (e.g. Osman Pazvantoğlu).

List of cule
Oltenia:
 * Cula Barbu Poenaru (1750), in Almăj, Dolj
 * Cula Izvoranu, in Brabova, Dolj
 * Cula Crăsnaru (1808), Groşerea, Gorj
 * Cula Cornoiu in Curtişoara, Gorj
 * Cula Cartianu in Cartiu, Gorj
 * Cula Grecescu (1818), Şiacu, Gorj
 * Cula Cuţui (1815) in Broşteni, Mehedinţi
 * Cula lui Tudor Vladimirescu (1800) in Cerneţi, Mehedinţi
 * Cula Nistor (1812), from Cerneţi, Mehedinţi
 * Cula Galiţa (1790), Câmpu Mare, comuna Dobroteasa, Mehedinţi
 * Cula of Bujoreni, Vâlcea
 * Cula Greceanu in Măldărești, Vâlcea (the oldest in Romania, approximately 1517)
 * Cula din Zătreni (1754), Zătreni, Vâlcea

Muntenia:


 * Cula Racoviţa, Mioveni, Argeş
 * Cula Drugănescu Retevoieşti, Argeş
 * Cula lui Costea, from Frăsinet, Teleorman