Just for Fun No C&C will be given: travel panoramas from Romania

[Valentin Arfire]

hi friends,

On August 13, after the Panotools meeting which I hosted in Timisoara, we took a short trip.

http://valentin.europhoto.ro/panotools-trip/panotools-trip.html

We have visited a few places with some history importance and I managed to take these panoramas.

 

[Asher Kelman]

hi friends,

On August 13, after the Panotools meeting which I hosted in Timisoara, we took a short trip.

http://valentin.europhoto.ro/panotools-trip/panotools-trip.html

We have visited a few places with some history importance and I managed to take these panoramas.

Valentin,

I'm sorry that this post of yours seems to have been overlooked in the hot days of August. The panoramas are immediately interesting with the glimpse of what I guess are remains of gladiator barracks or other likely Roman structures related to the god Nemesis. It's a great pity that there is no idea apparent of either how to preserve the stones, except for dabs of concrete or do any substantial excavation. It looks to me very neglected considering the money that has poured in to this important city. However, we are only seeing an edge of a large place and there could well be extensive archaeological investigation and a museum to explore too.

What are the straw huts? Are they to do with the collection of agricultural produce, to cover latrines or rest areas for guides?

Thanks for sharing,

Asher

 

[Valentin Arfire]

hello

Indeed I see a reduced interest regarding those pictures.

About the places I photographed, I think they are interesting and deserve to be exposed; on their website I'm sure you can find a more competent opinion than mine.

The straw is not hut nor toilets (I have seen some at the entrance), it is a way to preserve it for the animals for winter.

Apparently the terrain was given back to the peasants after the anti-communist revolution and in that part (where ancient barns left their ruins) the land belongs to someone who just harvests the straw. It may sound strange, but in that region a lot of old houses and annexes were built with stones taken from the ruins; the same thing happens in many other places around the globe.

Personally I believe that systematic excavations are to be made only if there are no other problems like property issues, politics or money... Otherwise is much better to remained unnoticed, buried until some better times come.

On the other side of the road is the museum with a wealth of objects and information that may present interest for the tourists.