A culă (plural: cule; from Turkish kule "tower, turret") is a semi-fortified building found in the Oltenia region of Romania with a number of examples located in the historical province of Muntenia. They were originally built as homes for the ruling Boyar class to defend against violent raids by rebels from the south of the Danube during the eighteenth century and also against riots by local population against the boyars (e.g. Osman Pazvantoğlu). Similar constructions exist throughout the Balkans, see Tower houses in the Balkans.
List of cule
Oltenia: Cula Barbu Poenaru (1750), from Almăj, Dolj Cula Izvoranu, from Brabova, Dolj Cula Crăsnaru (1808), from Groşerea, Aninoasa, Gorj Cula Cornoiu from Curtişoara, Gorj Cula Cartianu from Cartiu, Gorj Cula Grecescu (1818), from Şiacu, Slivileşti, Gorj Cula Cuţui (1815) from Broşteni, Mehedinţi Cula Tudor Vladimirescu (1800) from Cerneţi, Mehedinţi Cula Nistor (1812), from Cerneţi, Mehedinţi Cula Galiţa (1790), from Câmpu Mare, Dobroteasa, Olt Cula Bujoreanu from Bujoreni, Vâlcea Cula Greceanu from Măldărești, Vâlcea (the oldest in Romania, approximately 1517) Cula Zătreanu from Zătreni (1754), Vâlcea
Muntenia: