Sacele is a sensational cultural resource, dating back to the medieval times, with a solid historical background.

The main tourist attractions are placed in Sacele [The Etnography Museum, gates and houses with specific local characteristics, churches of inestimable spiritual value] and in the surroundings [Bunloc, Piatra Mare, Masivul Ciucas, Valea Tarlungului].

Sacele - Brief History

Baciu, Turches, Cernatu and Satulung, have always been a distinct settlement, due to their placement, close to the mountain Bunloc (1187 m) and Highis (1058 m), being administratively unified on the 8th of November 1950.

Cernatu has been from the medieval times the main town, residence of the local Roman-Catholic church, from which the Lutheran church separated after the reform, in 1644 Satulung, in 1808 Baciu and in 1886 Turches, as distinct churches.

In the 2nd half of the XIth century, when the Hungarian state takes control of the states in the area, the villages are mentioned in that periods' archives as "septern villae valacheles", or "sieben secheli dörfe". The first document stating the existance of Sacele was written on the 16th of May 1366 by Ludovic de Anjou, the king of Hungary, by which he gives to one of his subjects, Stanislav, as enheritance, the possesions from the Tara Barsei: Satulung (Hozyufalu), Cernatu (Charnadfalu), Turches (Turchfalva), Baciu (Zlánfalva), which are found between the Timis and Tarlung rivers.

The name "Sacele" appears for the first time in the letters of Vlad Calugaru, Lord of the Romanian Country (1482 - 1495 ) sent out to the magistrates of the city of Brasov.

The four villages formed together with Purcareni, Tarlungeni si Zizin, the "Seven Villages", a county which existed until 1916.

Between 1816-1819, the villages Baciu, Turches and Cernatu were rented to the Romanian merchant Constantin Boghici who financed the printing of Romanian books in Brasov in the beginning of the XIXth century.

As an interesting fact in the history of Sacele, it was noted that on the 8th of July 1773 it was visited by the emperor Josef the IInd, who inspected the Bratocea Pass and spent a night at Satulung.

The Sacele Knights

"Mocanii" in Sacele were a guild of transporters, who used horses and carriages to carry goods over long distances.

They are mentioned in documents before 1600, documents reffered to by Nicolae Balcescu in his thesis "Romanii supt Mihai Voievod Viteazul" (The Romanian People under the Rule of Mihai Viteazul). They are mentioned as "knights".

The start of the industrial era lead to the disappearance of this guild and many others, especially manufacturers.

The disappearance of the transporter guild is determined by the development of railroads which cancelled the reason fir the transporters' existance, in this case we are reffering to the Bucharest - Brasov route. What is very interesting is the fact that the ones who transported the materials for building the raildroad were the Sacele "knights themselves. It seems that for their leaders it became obvious that the development of technology is a process they can't stop, so they made their final deal.

Cultural Events
- The "mocanesti" Pies Ball
- St. Ilie Celebration
- The 'ION TOCITU' Memorial - Skying event
- Sacele Cultural Days - 23 - 28 May