10-meter polenta ball cooked at the Christmas Fair in Făget

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A polenta ball (bulz in Romanian) of 10 meters will be prepared at the Christmas Fair in Făget town, Timișoara county. The fair is due Thursday-Saturday and includes carol and folk concerts, as well as Santa Claus offering presents to the little ones. “We intend to make ten meters of polenta and then we’ll have a ball cooked for those attending the Christmas Fair,” Făget mayor said.

Bulz is a Romanian dish composed by roasting polenta (mămăligă) and cheese in an oven. In June 2010, the town of Covasna  set the record of the biggest bulz of the world with a length of 50 meters. This bulz was homologated by the Guinness World Records.

The town of Făget is located in the center of a distinct ethno-folkloric area, at the northwest side of the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, on the DN68 national road. At the north side of Făget the Bega River is visible, while around it there are still signs of a medieval fortification dating 1548. Făget literally means “beech tree forest” in Romanian.

The town is very old, the area being first mentioned in documents in 1288 in a reference to the Bans of Severin, Mihai and Velici and their domains in the area (the land named Icuş). During the 15th century, Făget area was part of the Hunedoara domain, the largest nobiliary domain in Transylvania, belonging to Iancu and John Hunyadi (Ioan de Hunedoara).

While in the neighborhood, you can visit the wooden church in Bătești. According to historians, the church dates back to the XVIIth century. The architecture of the building is simple, resembling the wooden houses from Ardeal, which gain a church-like appearance due to the addition of a tower. The steeple is not too tall, and the hipped roof shelters a small open balcony. The original royal doors are stored in the underground museum of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timişoara. As an interesting fact, the church was relocated here on rollers – pulled by several pairs of oxen – from Veţa, a small lost village on the border of Făget.

Wooden church in Batesti
Wooden church in Batesti

In Povergina, there is another wooden church, built in 1782 in Baroque style. It has the historical monument statute and is considered one of the most typical wooden churches in Banat region.

Other impressive sight in the area is the Potter’s home in Jupânești, a village administered by Făget. Nowadays, the village is considered the last active pottery center in Timiş county. An annual fair is held in Jupâneşti, on a special plateau outside the village, surrounded by a spectacular scenery.

And last, but not the least, Făget fortress ruins are worth visiting. The fortress was documented for the first time in 1548. Between 1594-1602 it was the property of Lugoj Ban. In 1602 it was besieged and destroyed by the Ottomans, then fell into ruin. The fortress was demolished by the Ottomans in 1699.Faget_Cetate_7

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