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Commune in Maramureș, Romania
Photo: MARIAN Gabriel Constantin from Suceava, ROMANIA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Săpânța is a village in the Maramureș region.
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Cimitirul Vesel
It is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives.
Mănăstirea Săpânța-Peri
The tallest wooden church in the world (78 m high, erected at between 1995-2003).
Casa Stan Ioan Pătraş
The house of the artist who created the Merry Cemetery.
Cimitirul Vesel 2
Since the main cemetery has a limited size, this cemetery is used in addition to the famous one. Nevertheless it impresses with similarly beautiful crosses and a view over the village in its surroundings.
Ansamblul de arhitectură tehnică populară
This small sight shows how the people in Săpânța used water in the past.
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