Baia de Cris

Baia de Cris is the commune with the identical call in Hunedoara County , Transylvania , Romania. The foremost watercourse crossing the agreement, from east to west, is 9,2 km lengthy and is the river Crisul Alb. The archaeological excavations made over time at the territory of the locality attest to the presence of guy right here in the Middle Ages , so inside the vicinity called "Gura Voinii" a monument treasure become made of drachmas emitted in Dyrrhachium and Apollonia , denari romani republicani, jewelry and a Dacian silver bracelet . At the border of the village, at "Fântina Borchii", at the "Feredeului Peak" are the lines of gold mining, preromanic, Romanesque and medieval mining. A rich archaeological fabric belonging to the Cotofeni subculture became also found at the territory of the village .

A menhir of the iron age discovered right here is exposed tothe County Museum in Deva. At Baia de Cris died in 1872 Avram Iancu . On the frontispiece of the house in front of which became located the inanimate body of Avram Iancu changed into positioned a memorial stone, the work of the sculptor Cornel Medrea .