Casa Lăzeşti
Transylvania, Alba County
Lăzeşti, Romania
This 19th century farmhouse, locally called the Casa Locuinţă, is part of a farmstead (gospodărie) relocated from Lăzeşti, in the Apuseni Mountains, to the Village Museum in Bucharest. The building consists of a ground level cooper's workshop with living quarters above. A covered exterior stair leads to a projecting gallery (prispă) supported on brackets and covered with a flared extension of the roof. The lower level is consructed of lime-washed brick, while the upper level is of horizontal wood construction, covered by a steep hipped roof clad with pine shingles. (photo 2000)
