FOUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT TOPIC 

MOTIVATING THE CHOOSING OF THE SITE: INTEGRATING VIEW 

Monograph elements of the village of Săcărâmb. We find a few general data about the village from several complementary sources that we shall highlight in the following: 

1. Site. An admirable monograph written by the professor Ernest Armeanca in 1932, says that: 

“Săcărâmb is situated in Hunedoara County, on the right bank of the river Mureş, North from the town of Deva. It belongs to the localities lied in the mountain chain called Setras, from the Metaliferi Mountains in Ardeal Region. It lies at 24 km from Deva. It lies at 23° 01' 45" longitude and 45° 57' 45" latitude from the meridian of Ferro Island. Heading for the Northern part of the region, from Deva, the village is easy to be found, up in the mountains, like a conglomerate of small white houses and three churches (nowadays, one of the churches lies in ruins, as it was hit by a thunder in 1970, n.n. AP). It looks like a bas-relief on a fairytale-blue background. 

According to I. Steinhausz (1904) the village is situated at an altitude of 750 m from the sea. Săcărâmb lies in an open basin to the Eastern side. It is very picturesque and travellers consider it to vie with the most beautiful regions in the world, for its geologic fame. All those who are charmed by the fairytale landscape shall find a wonderful view when reaching Sacaramb by climbing up the peaks here. It is worth "fighting" against the difficulties of such climbing. Down, the winding silver waters of the river Mures, the villages spread all over its valley, the town of Deva and its lights, as seen from the heights of Sacaramb, seem to be Venice. In the distance, the gigantesque Mount Retezat, lies in the Northern part, meanwhile, if you watch it from the Gurguiata top (1085 m), you can see the rugged relief of The Country of Moti people.” [Armeanca, 1932: 7-8].

Due to that admirable location, Săcărâmb represents one of the most important points of "cosmic resistance" of the ancient Dacia province and of nowadays Romania. In the following, we shall continue our presentation, by quoting I. Steinhauz:

“During more than two and a half centuries, the village of Sacaramb has been described in several writings. In the 19th century, mining specialists from the entire Europe, even from Brazil and U.S.A. searched in detail, the strange amount of chemical elements there were to be found inside the heart of the mountain with the same name as the village. It represented a mineralogy lab, which was unique in the world: on a surface covering only 1 square km, there were discovered more than 100 types of minerals. Two of them, “silvanit” and “sacarambit”, are unique in the world. Other five were discovered also here, for the first time. Their correspondents were discovered later on, somewhere in South Africa. All metals are to be found here: zinc, lead, copper, gold, silver and even uranium. So, we shall not wonder about the magnetism and radiant energies here, having such a composition of the soil and underground. 

They say Sacaramb is one of the most powerfully magnetic regions on the face of the Earth and one of the points of maximum concentration of energies. Specialists have made thorough scientific studies from the Radiance Technique and Spiritual Harmony European Society (SETRAS). SETRAS is fighting for several years against the "immobility" of the authorities in order to establish an International Health Center at Sacaramb, based on using complementary therapies. Although, the village is spread on the mountain, between 600 and 900 m, the air has the quality of that of heights (over 3,000 m): pure, powerfully ionised (negatively).

Only we, the Romanians, could shape a destiny like that for the village of Sacaramb. We have always been able to shine and the very next moment to forget about our accomplishments. The shining of Sacaramb resides throughout history. The legend says that in the first part of the 18th century, the Romanian peasant ION ORMINDEAN from Nojag discovered in the forest where he fed his pigs an interesting stone. It shined in the sunshine. When he took it to be studied in the mining laboratories of the Hapsburg Empire, it was proved to contain gold combined with unidentified chemical elements. The discovery coincided with the decision of the Empress Mary Theresa about the establishment of the reform and revitalisation of the golden mining in Transylvania. The first gallery was the Old Gallery, called Mary: it penetrated the mountain in 1746. Nowadays, the mountain is simply "riddled" by thousands of kilometres of galleries; many of them are abandoned for more than 100 years. The documents of that time say that for almost two centuries (18th and 19th century) the entire mining complex was considered to have the highest profitableness in Europe. Between 1748 and 1876, for 128 years, 40 tons of gold were extracted from this ore. 

The locality developed along with the mine. In 1835, it was established the first Professional School of Mining from the South-East of Europe. In 1862, it turned into the College of Engineers, also the first established in this part of the continent. In those times, students from all over the Europe studied here, in the mines. Between 1920-1930, Sacaramb had 14,000-15,000 inhabitants (for instance, Deva had almost 8,000 inhabitants). There were several banks, workshops, three butcheries, a brewery, shops, etc. There was also a casino. The axis of Transylvanian gold passed through Abrud-Zlatna-Sacaramb...

Then, the decline began. From more than 2,000 houses, today there are only about a tenth. People from towns could come here and build their modern holiday residences, determined by the beauty of those places and the purity of the air here. Perhaps, an investor open to understand that Sacaramb can shine again like gold could come here, too. The explanatory complaint written by mister Alexandru Pavel Tokar, President of SETRAS Deva-Romania, could be his source of inspiration. Nature offers all the needed cures for maintaining human health, some of them very rare. On the steep slopes of Sarcau, there are wild flags and in stony places there are real carpets of wild pelargonium, species of blue gentian and vinca minor. Downstream, on a square of 10-15 km, there are springs of mineral water: carbon-gaseous and thermal. 

 Studies prove that their springs are here, under Sacaramb Mountain. The beauty of silvery beech trees, the silence of these places and the pure cosmic energy make you feel like you were in a temple..."

Among the qualities of the drinking water, we shall point out the potential redox, the capacity of water to decrease the number of oxides. There are negative ions in the water, that is to say, free electrons that connect free radicals. 

The measurements made with the device called Hanna Instruments, at several springs in Sacaramb, came to the following results: + 56, + 59 mV = value pH of human blood.

Comparing to:

- drinking water in most of the towns + 480 mV;

- spring water from high mountains – 200 up to – 400 mV;

- still mineral water, between + 60 and + 250 mV.