Street view

The village of Comăneşti, part of the Mărtiniş commune, is probably the most particular settlement in the region. The villages of Comăneşti and Aldea were located along the road between Vlăhiţa-Nouă and the town of Braşov. This was a highly circulated route for commerce by the beginning of the 20^th century. After 1918 the map was redrawn, the main road went around those villages, the forge was gradually put out of order and these villages ended up peripheral.

These too contributed to the preservation of the buildings in the region, that stayed intact and preserve the specific architectural traits of immense beauty in Homorod valley, certain aspects of traditional architecture, where the form and the function were still organically united in a whole.

Although it is a unique village, nowadays it has a deserted, dull aspect. It has a valuable building capital, but its imposing houses are deserted. This is because of its isolation. Being located in a border region, the influence of the Saxon village is highly visible in the aspect of the village.

Due to the village’s permanent state of independence, its architecture survived the destructions brought by the communist regime. The rural isolation this time ensured protection. The blue houses, in harmony with the color of the sky, are, even for the locals, a small exotic universe of the region’s architecture. One can truly experience here the close relationship with traditional architecture, the organic unity between architecture and landscape.

The Saxon influence manifests itself in the choice of material, the structure and plan of the house.

The successive layers of stone, wood, brick or limed surfaces and the use, in the background, of paint blue as the sky or green as the hills confers a unique atmosphere to this landscape, with the possibility of a tourist’s paradise and an environment that could ensure better living for the community in the future.