Perpetuating the memory of an event, place, or historical personality.
Monumente istoricecultural properties include listed Romanian historical monuments from the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania.[3] They may also include places that are not specifically listed in whole, but which contain listed entities, such as memorial statues and fountains in parks and cemeteries.
As of 2015, there are 30,148 designated monumente istorice (historical monuments) entries listed individually in Romania.[4] This number increased from the previous 29,540 listings in 2010.[5]
A lowercase letter: m for an individual monument, a for an ensemble and s for an archaeological site
A capital letter: A for monuments of national interest, B for local interest
A five-digit serial number. If the site is part of an ensemble, this is indicated by a decimal point followed by 01, 02, and so forth.
For example, IS-II-a-A-03806 is the LMI code for Cetățuia Monastery. IS indicates the site is in Iași County. II indicates it is an architectural monument, a that it is an ensemble, A that it is of national interest, and 03806 is its unique code. The ensemble has six individual sites, so for instance the monastery's bell tower, the fifth site listed, has code IS-II-m-A-03806.05.
Sites may also have a RAN Code, indicating they are part of the National Archaeological Record (Repertoriul Arheologic Național), a register including sites with archaeological potential, sites where archaeological excavations have taken place or ruined archaeological sites.
