Tourist spots
1. Mihai Viteazu commune
- Biserica catolica - are o vechime de peste 150 ani
- Biserica unitariana ( sec XVIII )
- Palatul Wolf, in prezent Caminul Cultural din satul Mihai Viteazu
- Mormantul lui Mihai Viteazu - aici a fost ingropat trupul lui Mihai Viteazul, capul a fost dus la Manastirea Dealu de langa Targoviste, fosta capitala a Tarii Romanesti
- Biserica Catolica si Ortodoxa din satele Cornesti si Cheia
2. Rimetea Monastery
It is located in the Trascaului depression, an intramontane depression typical of our country, at 100 m to the left of the Turda-Aiud road.
7 km north of the monastery passes the Turda-Campeni road. It is located 27 km north of Aiud and 20 km southeast of Turda, access being easy on the two paved roads.
3. RIMETEA locality
- Cetate & Epoca medievala - Piatra Secuiului
- Fortificatie & Latone, cultura geto-dacica
4. Petrestii de Jos Commune
- Old Petride Monastery.
- The new Petride Monastery, dedicated to the "Change in the Face" (founded in 1998-2000). Orthodox monastery of monks.
- The Unitarian Church, from 1570.
- The wooden church „St. Archangels Michael and Gabriel ”(1842-1846) from the village of Livada.
5. Petrestii de Sus
- Tumulii preistorici din punctul "Dealul Bisericii".
- Asezarea fortificata preistorica din punctul "La Biserica".
- Situl arheologic din punctul "La Padure" (epoca bronzului).
- Situl arheologic din punctul "Terasa de langa scoala si casa parohiala".
- Asezarea romana (sec. II-III d.C.) din punctele "Cernei", "Caramida" si "Pietrosul".
6. Salina Turda
Today, the Turda Salt Mine is a real museum of the history of salt mining.
The excellent state of preservation of the mining works and of the equipment used for salt transport, together with the care with which the preparation works of the salt mine were carried out to become a tourist objective, made history and legend intertwine harmoniously here.
The growing number of tourists, arriving from the most distant geographical areas to visit the salt mine are a confirmation of the tourist and historical value.
7. Coltesti Fortress
Coltesti Fortress is located west of Coltesti village and about 5 km southwest of Rimetea commune, Alba county, was built around 1296 by the sub-voivode Thoroczkay from Coltesti, as a habitable fortress and refuge fortress.It was deliberately built on the steep top of a limestone cliff, following the Tatar (Mongol) invasion in 1241, when significant damage was caused to the localities of Rimetea and Coltesti. On the northern tower, about 20 m high, there is an inscription that mentions that the Thoroczkay family built the castle in the 13th century.
8. Cheia Village
- The Unitarian Church, from the 18th century (1783), renovated in 1931. The church is inscribed on the List of Historical Monuments of Cluj County (2004).
- The wooden church in Cheia
- The lake formed on gypsum (type of lake extremely rare in Romania).
9. Moldovenesti Commune
- Biserica Unitariana din Moldovenesti a fost construita in jurul anului 1300, in stil romanic, mai tarziu rezidita in stil gotic. A fost inconjurata cu un zid de aparare, care nu a rezistat insa atacului tatar din 1661. In anul 1672 a fost renovata. Biserica este inscrisa pe Lista Monumentelor Istorice ale judetului Cluj (2004).
- Castelul Jósika, inscris pe Lista Monumentelor Istorice ale judetului Cluj (2004).
- Cetatea din comuna Moldovenesti, judetul Cluj (cunoscuta si sub numele - impropriu - de "Cetatea Turzii") este una din cele mai vechi amenajari fortificate din Transilvania medievala (sec. XI-XIII). Cetatea a fost construita pe locul unui vechi castru roman de aparare a drumului de transport al aurului exploatat in Muntii Apuseni.
10. Buru locality
- On the right side of the Aries, upstream, tourists still use the old "Romanian Road".
- The wooden church. From the data that have been found, the year 1482 is specified, as the year in which the parish exists, with the church built, which means that both the village and the Orthodox parish are much older. The current wooden church dates from 1860.
