The Racovița – Mioveni Kula

The Racovița – Mioveni Kula was built by the famous boyar Nicolae Racoviceanu as a place of defence against outlaws, thieves or Turkish bands that crossed the Danube to rob. The building structure is 20 meters high, with thick walls, small windows and a single entrance (an oak door, which is well latched). Currently, the Racovita Kula hosts the Ethnographic Museum ''Prof. Constantin Năstase”. The collections of the museum include elements of folk costumes and occupations, numismatics, art objects, religious testimonies, weapons, carpentry, cooperage, ironworks. At the Ethnographic Museum in Mioveni is also exhibited the huge wooden spoon, holding a record approved in the famous Guinness Book of Records. The spoon measures 17.79 metres in length and 1.50 metres in the widest point and it was made by the artisan Ion Rodoș and his son. The wooden spoon is a real work of art, being adorned with traditional folk motifs and the logo of the city of Mioveni.