An entire universe, built thread by thread, screw by screw, day after day — by one person, with bare hands.
Over 40,000 hand-cut pieces · Pitești, Romania
An entire Romania on 60 square metres — mountains, villages, fortresses and trains,
all in one single place, in Pitești.
Each piece of shingle is cut with the tip of a craft knife and glued one at a time, piece by piece. A single spire: approximately 40,000 pieces.
Not a store-bought kit. Nothing mass-produced. It is manual art — and patience.
"For me, this is a sign from above — that this gift was given to me late in life,
— Eng. Ioana Dumitru, creator of Lumea Miniaturilor
so I would have something meaningful to do in retirement. For that, I am grateful."
At the centre of the diorama, the Prundu–Pitești depot comes to life: a circular roundhouse with a working turntable and steam and diesel locomotives — some stationary, some running on multiple tracks.
Trains run in real time, climbing through hand-sculpted tunnels and crossing viaducts built piece by piece.
The full story
"The quiet on the hill — just like a hundred years ago."
Live movements in the diorama
Each piece — documented, designed and built by hand, alone.
Address
Parcul Lunca Argeșului, Str. Depozitelor nr. 2U
Pitești, Argeș County, Romania
Phone
Opening hours
Monday – Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00
15 lei / person · children under 5 free