A vicus type settlement existed northwest from Daia until the 4^th century, but the first attestation of the settlement dates from 1327 when the vicar Petrus of Talheim was mentioned in a document.

The church

Similar to the one from Cisnădioara, the church devoted to Saint Mary of Daia was built in the 13^th century. It underwent transformations over time, but from the initial period it preserved the outer walls of the aisles, the rectangular pillars, the buttresses, the square choir and some decorative features from the late Gothic period. A keystone from the choir mentions the year 1451, probably the year of some rehabilitation works. The church has a square choir with a pentagonal apse and two apse chapels in from of the aisles, unhooked in the thickness of the east walls. Outside, the choir is supported by buttresses which seem to have more of a decorative function. The vaults of the choir and of the naves underwent transformations; some of the windows received flamboyant moldings and others end in semicircular arches. Only stalks were preserved from the paintings of the choir vaults, similar to the ones on the furniture, including in their volutes the coats of arms of the lagelons and of the Transylvanian voivode Leonard Barlabássy; therefore the paintings could be easily dated around 1525. The paintings from the nave were covered with plaster. They depicted the legend of Saint Margaret but also included some Renaissance details, probably executed in the same period with the paintings from the choir.

On the west side, the church had a belfry to which access was made through a spiral staircase inside a semi cylindrical small tower. The tower collapsed at the beginning of the 16^th century.

According to the tax cuts registered in the documents of the Seat of Sighi??oara, the fortification of the church was made between 1504 and 1505. A defense level provided with a cornice and supported by buttresses and arches was raised above the choir. Another protruding wooden level was built above it but was removed later.

The main entrance to the church is through an edicule portal. It was built after the 15^th century. The western façade is related to the structural vocabulary of the Renaissance architecture. It has two square pillars on the corners of the façade, and on the upper side of the entrance it has the shape of a semicircular arch which was made of stone blocks. Two other small pilasters support the arcade. The upper side of the façade ends in a triangular gable.

The altar is from the beginning of the 18^th century, and the font must have been made in the workshop of Jakobus, who also made the font in Sighi??oara in the second half of the 15^th century. The painted wooden stalls are from the 18^th century and the organ with 22 divisions was placed above the altar. The one who built it was the craftsman and organist Samuel Joseph Mätz.

The fortification