Salistea

Salistea called Cioara till 1965, is a commune positioned in Alba county, Romania. The antique name of Cioara remains widely used, particularly by using nearby residents. The oldest lines of human pastime in Salistea date lower back to the Vinca tradition of the Middle Neolithic. The Tartaria drugs dated 5300 BC were observed within the village of Tartaria, part of the Salistea commune, in 1961 with the aid of a group of Romanian archaeologists led by using Nicolae Vlassa.

Other archaeological findings suggest the life of a Dacian settlement on this location. The important discovery changed into a series of 62 portions of silver artifacts, found in 1820 via Matei Molodeț, a villager from Salistea. Several cash dated returned to the instances of Roman Dacia had been additionally determined by archaeologists. The first attestation of a village inside the location occupied today through Salistea dates lower back to four November 1310, whilst by means of order of king Charles I of Hungary, the village of Archisul Românesc was donated to Count Reneriu from Vintu de Jos. The other village, Drejman, turned into attested in a document from 29 June 1375, whilst by order of king Louis I of Hungary, villa Drasman is inherited by using Reneriu's granddaughters.