The Evangelic church dedicated to Saint Michael is mentioned in a document dated from 1223 (November 20) which consecrated its being donated to the Cistercian monastery of Carta. It is, very likely, the oldest Roman church in Romania. Sitting on a 100-m tall hill with abrupt sides, surrounded by fortifications that make up circular precincts with a fortified turret above the entrance (part of the walls have been preserved to this day) this is one of the most ancient peasant citadels of Transylvania.
The planimetric situation of the church (a short basilica with 3 naves covered only by a framework) and the decoration of the sculpted portal (1260) bespeak the influence of Rhineland architecture. To the east, the church features a square cross- vaulted body with a semi-circular apse, the lateral naves with ogives ending in an apsidiole. The most interesting part of the church is the Roman portal (on the western side) dating two or three decades later than the entire edifice. This side also features two unfinished turrets. The entire building is erected in brownstone.
