Galeş

Galeş (Hungarian: Szebengálos; German: Gallusdorf) is a village under the administration of the town of Sălişte in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, in the Cindrel Mountains, 24 km west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographical area.

45°48′N 23°52′E

Demographics

According to the 1992 census, there were 346 inhabitants of Galeş. The 2002 Census of neighbouring Sălişte indicates that the ethnic composition of Galeş is likely to be in the order of 92% Romanian, 6% Roma and 2% made up of other ethnicities. Most Romanians are Orthodox.

Economy

Traditionally the main occupation was shepherding and related activities. Today this occupies a smaller percentage of the workforce, but remains important alongside other agricultural activities. There remains a working water mill. The Rural Museum, organised in 1968, has an ethnographic exhibition and folk art from the area and an open air sector. There is a thriving hat-making workshop at house nr.43, making distinctive black felt hats worn by local men. Radu or Dan Ilieş let visitors watch them as they work. (Contact either of them on 0040 269 553431).

Famous people

Ioan din Galeş Confessor priest, John of Galeş, celebrated on the Feast Day of October 21st

Image Gallery

• The Rural Museum of Galeş
  The Rural Museum of Galeş
• The beautiful village of Galeş nestled in the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains
  The beautiful village of Galeş nestled in the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains
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  The village church of Galeş
• A typical village street - the approach to the Church
  A typical village street - the approach to the Church
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  Schitul Foltea. A small church and nun's retreat, situated along a wonderful woodland walk up the side of the valley. (It can be reached by following a path up the side of the hill at the well which is the boundary point separating Galeş from neighbouring Sălişte)
• A colourful local resident
  A colourful local resident