Maramures (a tiny region from northern Transylvania, Romania) is one of Europe´s most important eco-destinations, a well-kept secret where Industrial Revolution didn’t occur. The place is the last bastion of those upholding the ancient European traditions and the last place with authentic peasant culture, but under pressure from modern life and EU rules, still proofing how Europe was looking like long time ago.
Here, on the banks of the small rivers are hidden the largest European group of water-powered farm machinery, comprising about 50 installations (without counting hundreds of alcohol distilleries), located – since medieval times – in their original sites, still in working condition and daily use, without any museum or tourist purposes, unique, but totally unprotected and endangered, none of them being listed as historical monument… ©Teofil Ivanciuc, aprilie 2016 Continuarea, pe Boredpanda.com
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