Europe's last truly medieval countryside. Eight UNESCO wooden churches, hand-carved gates, and the Merry Cemetery of Săpânța.
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AttractionSăpânța · Sighetu Marmației
The Merry Cemetery
The Merry Cemetery in Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș, is a distinctive open-air gallery of painted wooden crosses, where witty epitaphs and folk imagery share local stories with candour, colour, and craft.
- · Unique painted wooden grave crosses
- · Humorous epitaphs and folk art
- · Maramureș traditions in vivid color
- · Open-air museum-like cemetery setting
Price
Admission fee applies
AccommodationSighetu Marmației
Bârsana Wooden Church
One of Maramureș's UNESCO wooden churches — a 62-metre spire built without a single nail.
- · UNESCO World Heritage
- · 62-metre wooden spire
- · Painted iconostasis 1720
- · No nails in construction
Price
10 RON entry