RIMETEA is a village located in Alba County, Romania, surrounded by mountain ranges reaching 500-600 meters. It has over 300 houses, more than half of which are white and preserve the 19th century architecture for which the village is known. RIMETEA was awarded by the European Commission in 1999 with the "Europa Nostra" prize for the preservation of cultural heritage and architecture, being the first rural town to receive this award. Tourism has increased in the village over the past decade, with over 75% of visitors being foreign tourists attracted by the unique architecture and scenery. The village's anthropogenic heritage from its history of iron mining and blacksmithing is part of a conservation program run by

1. University of Agronomic Sciences
and Veterinary Medicine of
Bucharest
Faculty of Management ,economic engineering in
agriculture and rural development
Coordonating teacher:
Mihai Daniel Frumușelu
Students: Bratu Alexandra
Cercel Cosmin
Group 8214

2. Located in Alba, the town is in the foothills RIMETEA Trascău, from which comes the old
name. RIMETEA called Trascău up through 1960, and then changed its name to Torocko. In
the last two decades about the name RIMETEA village, although the Germans known as the
Eisenmarkt or Eisenburg. With a privileged natural position, RIMETEA is known as the
village with whitewashed houses, hidden in a huge bucket of granite. It is the first rural town
that was awarded by the European Commission in 1999 with the "Europa Nostra" for the
preservation of cultural heritage and architecture.

3. RIMETEA is common in northern Trascau Depression, surrounded by
mountain ranges that dominate 500-600 meters through a series of
steep scenic. City stands out as an area depression typical and
limestone massifs around the basin are forests in the western peak.
Horn (1238 meters), Ardascheia (1250 meters), Baiesilor Hill (1010
meters) and bare CI east dominated Stone Secuiului (1128) and then
Tarsa (999 meters)

4. Rimetea Alba County has a unique architecture nineteenth
century. White house with green windows, unchanged for over 100
years, are less known novels, but it is an attraction for tourists
from abroad. When you get to Rimetea you think you have entered
another world. Of the approximately 300 houses, more than half are
white, preserving nineteenth century architecture.
British actor Jeremy Irons and was impressed by the beauty of the
village RIMETEA, say locals. An architect UNESCO arrived here in
1999, enchanted by what he saw, proposed town to enter the World
Heritage.

5. Tourism
Ten years after starting the project initiated by the Transylvania Trust in '96 -'97
was reached and long-term goal: development of rural tourism based
infrastructure established by the historic buildings. The number of tourists
arriving in the village has increased continuously. At the end of 2000, over 75%
of tourists arriving in the village were foreigners, mainly from Hungary (80% of
all foreign tourists), but also in Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Netherlands,
France, Belgium and Japan. During the same period, more than 40 owners who
have benefited from the advice and funds managed by Transylvania Trust have
obtained licenses to practice rural tourism, town offering guests 225 rooms
comprising 587 beds.

6. History
Since the Roman period (106-274 AD), the area was populated (Roman coins were
found under Emperor Antoninus Pius and Maximinus Thrax). [Citation needed]
medieval village is first mentioned in 1257 named Toroczcko ( Trascău) and soon
becomes known for its deposits of iron ore in the area. Iron and blacksmithing craft
operation led to a continuous development over the centuries: in 1493 the town
received the rank of town (oppidum), and in 1666, due to development of ore mining
and blacksmithing craft, Rimetea a town. If the XVth century there was only one
blacksmith who produced agricultural tools, two centuries later (in the second half of
the eighteenth and the first half of the eighteenth), mining and processing of iron
reached at its peak. In 1716, due to the 16 furnaces for melting ore and the 16 hydraulic
hammers, Rimetea was one of the main centers for processing iron in Transylvania and
agricultural tools produced here were the famous principality and eastern Hungarian
kingdom, being sold by merchants in major markets such as Brasov, Bistrita, Arad and
Debrecen.

7. Patrimony
The village is best known for anthropogenic heritage, rich and varied than natural
heritage. Much of anthropogenic heritage is part of a program of preservation and
restoration of Transylvania Trust Foundation. Conservation Project run by the
Transylvania Trust buildings began at the initiative of András Román, a well-known
specialist in the conservation of historic buildings, and was funded by the local council
of District V of Budapest. 1996 130-140 owners of buildings with heritage value
received financial aid if they did maintenance works without damaging valuable
elements of architecture and urban layout without changing the loclaităţii changing
old buildings facades.