Serbian Folk Art

Folk architecture is simple and designed according to the needs and made of handy materials.


It is not only functional but the decoration expresses the artistic skills of its masters. House, west Serbia

In western Serbia the characteristic house is wooden with a farmstead. It is predominantly built of wood and most often it consists of two rooms: the house and the room. On the house there is a four sided roof covered with straw and usually has a decorative chimney.

Moravka is a type of ground floor house consisting of two parts, with an obligatory porch. It is mostly present in the Moravia region of Serbia. 

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