Communes in Alba County - Ro Ia Montan, S Li Tea, Alba, Unirea, Alba, Vin U de Jos, Do Tat, Jidvei, Calnic, Alba, Lunca Mure Ului (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Albac, Alma u Mare, Arie eni, Avram Iancu, Alba, Berghin, Bistra, Alba, Blandiana, Bucerdea Granoas, Bucium, Alba, Calnic, Alba, Cenade, Cerg u, Ceru-B c in i, Cetatea de Balt, Ciugud, Ciuruleasa, Cr ciunelu de Jos, Cric u, Cut, Alba, Daia Roman, Do tat, F r u, Galda de Jos, Garbova, Garda de Sus, Hoparta, Horea, Alba, Ighiu, Intregalde, Jidvei, Livezile, Alba, Lopadea Nou, Lunca Mure ului, Lup a, Mete, Mihal, Mir sl u, Mogo, No lac, Ocoli, Ohaba, Pianu, Poiana Vadului, Ponor, Alba, Po aga, R de ti, Alba, Rame, Rimetea, Ro ia de Seca, Ro ia Montan, S lciua, S li tea, Sancel, Santimbru, Alba, S sciori, Sc ri oara, Alba, ibot, Sohodol, ona, pring, Strem, ugag, Unirea, Alba, Vadu Mo ilor, Valea Lung, Alba, Vidra, Alba, Vin u de Jos. Excerpt: Ro ia Montan (pronounced; "Ro ia of the Mountains/in the Mountains"; Latin: Hungarian: ; German: ) is a commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Ro iei, through which the Ro ia River flows. The commune is composed of sixteen villages: B lmo e ti, Blide ti, Bunta, C rpini (Abrudkerpenyes), Coasta Hen ii, Corna (Szarvaspatak), Cur turi, D roaia, Garda-B rbule ti, Gura Ro iei, Iacobe ti, Ign e ti, Ro ia Montan, oal, arina and Vartop. The rich mineral resources of the area have been exploited since Roman times or before. The state-run gold mine was forced to close in late 2006 in advance of Romania's accession to the EU but Gabriel Resources of Canada want to replace it with a new mine. This has caused controversy over the destruction of Roman remains and on fears of a repeat of the cyanide pollution at Baia Mare. The campaign against the cyanide mining at Ro ia Montan was one of the largest campaigns over a non-political cause in the last 20 years in Romania. A plethora of organizations spoke out against the project, from Greenpeace to the Romanian Academy. Nevertheless, in late 2009, the Romanian government announced it made starting the project a priority. There is archaeological and metallurgical evidence of gold mining in the 'Golden Quadrilateral' of Transylvania since the late Stone Age. Alburnus Maior was founded by the Romans during the rule of Trajan as a mining town, with Illyrian colonists from South Dalmatia. The earliest reference to the town is on a wax tablet dated 6 February 131. Archaeologists have discovered in the town ancient dwellings, necropolises, mine galleries, mining tools, 25 wax tablets and many inscriptions in Greek and Latin, centred around Carpeni Hill. The Romans left Dacia in 271. Mining appears to have started again in the Middle Ages by German migrants using similar techniques to the Romans. This continued until the devastating wars of the mid-16th century