Lunca Corbului – Căluș, Wooden Churches and Landscape

In Lunca Corbului, the traditional folk dance Căluș is considered emblematic of the municipality, especially in the village of Pădureți.

Culture

Căluș groups from Pădureți and Marghia performed at major folklore festivals and received numerous prizes and diplomas.

In the same village, the memory of the 1907 uprising is thus connected with a living dance tradition.

The performances by the groups from Pădureți and Marghia at major folklore festivals add an interregional presence with prizes and diplomas to this picture.

In Pădureți, the monument to the 1907 uprising stands next to the kindergarten.

Biserica Lunca Corbului is a church in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Biserica Lângeşti is also a church in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Biserica Pădureţi is another church in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Biserica Cuvioasa Paraschiva is likewise a church in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

The wooden church “Adormirea Maicii Domnului” stands in Catane.

It was renovated between 1833 and 1839.

During this renovation, the exterior walls were clad in bricks.

In addition, a valuable mural painting was created during the renovation.

The church has a rectangular floor plan.

Its structure includes the altar area, naos and pronaos.

A tower rises above the building.

This tower serves as a bell tower.

The church also has an open porch.

The church in Catane can thus be described as combining historical traces of renovation with a clearly structured architectural form.

The open porch complements the rectangular body of the building; above it, the bell tower marks the upper end.

Landscape

Geomorphologically, the area of Lunca Corbului municipality lies in the transition zone between the Cotmeana Platform and the Romanian Plain, along the middle course of the Cotmeana River.

The landscape description does not assign the place to a single relief zone, but explicitly identifies a transition zone between two areas.

The middle course of the Cotmeana is named as a separate geographical reference point.

Dealul Răgozii is a hill in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Dealul Troiţei is likewise a hill in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Dealul Poiana Olani is a hill in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

Dealul Clopotesei is also a hill in the vicinity of Lunca Corbului.

The four named hills complement this geomorphological classification with specific landscape names in the nearby surroundings.

Other Places

For other places in the surrounding municipality, you can also visit Băiculeşti, Dobrotu, Bughea de Jos, Argeșelu, Bradu, Godeni, Costești and Piteşti.

Geographical Location

On the route of the wooden churches in Argeș County, access is via Lunca Corbului.

Access is from the E574 in the direction from Pitești to Craiova.

In Lunca Corbului, turn left onto the DJ 679.

For this section of the route, the E574 in the Pitești–Craiova direction and then the DJ 679 are named as road references.

For the wider travel overview: Argeş.