This document summarizes the village of Hoteni in Maramures, Romania. It describes Hoteni as one of the most remote corners of the European Union where villagers have preserved a traditional rural way of life for centuries. Isolated from larger cities, the village sits among forests and hillsides in the Carpathian Mountains. Traditional timber homes have steep shingled roofs and intricate woodcarvings, and the village maintains customs like growing vegetables and hanging pots from trees.

1. STUDENTS’ SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
USAMV IMAPA 2016
Hoteni,Maramures
Paun Alexandru- Razvan IMAPA GROUP 8111
Serban Andrei
Keywords: Hoteni,Maramures,village,medieval,
This is the village of Hoteni in Maramures, one of the remotest
corners of the European Union, where villagers have preserved a
way of life which most of the continent cast off centuries ago. Too
far from Bucharest for its identity to be crushed by Ceausescu, this
isolated part of Romania has clung to its rural heritage and to its
unspoilt pastures and forests. Visiting Maramures is an
extraordinary experience, like walking into a fairy tale or stepping
back into medieval Europe.
Hoteni sits among hillsides of poplar, beech and flowering ash.
Beyond, lie snow-covered Carpathian peaks and spruce forests
where bears and wolves still roam. Here, in the Land of Wood,
traditional houses are made of timber, with steep shingled roofs,
dovetail joints, wooden pegs and no nails. Gates are enormous,
topped by a shingle roof, and with intricate woodcarvings of ropes,
suns and wolves' teeth to protect the family from harm. Every
household has its own well, neatly hoed rows of vegetables and
colourful pots and pans dangling from a tree, a local custom which
began as a practical way to store cooking utensils in a home with
no cupboards.