Archita (German: Arkeden, Hungarian: Erked) is a village in Romania, part of the commune of Vânători, Mureș County, Transylvania.

Traditionally a Transylvanian Saxon town and the site of a fortified church, it is a modern tourist destination, also being on the route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail.

Prior to the arrival of the Transylvanian Saxons, the area in which Archita now lies was occupied by the Székely people with an old enclave of Romanians living to the north of the village.[which?]

[5] It remained a German-speaking settlement until the 1980s when its population, having been reduced to poverty by the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu, emigrated to accept German citizenship.

[9] In May 2011, Prince Charles visited Archita to see the restoration work being carried out by the Maria Nobrega Foundation.