Casa Laborator
The place
Casa Laborator ("Laboratory House") in Maramureș county, Borșa/Cârlibaba sector (Rodnei-Maramureș, Eastern Carpathians, Romania), at 1393 m altitude, on the Ineu slope, 2279 m, 2nd highest peak of the Rodnei range. Continuous cluster Romania Maramureș (batches 240-350). Casa Laborator, former mountain scientific laboratory/observatory (name "Laborator" from the Latin for scientific work), area of beech-fir forests, UNESCO 2019 primary beech forests of the Carpathians, Rodnei NP 47,000 ha + alpine peat bog + Chamois Rupicapra rupicapra, 2000 individuals, a renewed Rodnei population + Maramureș heritage (village of Călinești with 17th-century manor houses + medieval wooden octagonal churches, UNESCO 1999, Bârsana/Deseşti/Ieud, steep shingle roofs and tall wood-shingled steeples reflecting central Romanian peasant tradition).
The setting
Maramureș Borșa/Cârlibaba Rodnei-Maramureș Eastern Carpathians RO 1393 m Ineu 2279 m 2nd highest Rodnei, continuous cluster batches 240-350, Casa Laborator mountain scientific laboratory/observatory, beech-fir forests UNESCO 2019 primary Carpathians Rodnei NP 47,000 ha + alpine peat bog + Rupicapra rupicapra 2000 chamois renewed population, Maramureș Călinești 17th-c. manor houses + wooden octagonal churches UNESCO 1999 Bârsana/Deseşti/Ieud wood shingle roofs Romanian.
