This research is focused on the public space in the intravilan of the countryside. Its topic is the phenomenon of rurality, the rural character as a value associated with the form of environment of rural settlements. The objective is to find, evaluate and describe the basic attributes and relations in space which co-create rurality, and to do it in such a way so that these findings could eventually be used in practice - e. g. in the intravilan's public space design in order to strengthen the rural features of the environment.