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Sapanta, near Sighet

No trip to Maramures is complete without a look at the "Merry Cemetery" of Sapanta, a 20-minute drive from Sighet. Here, colorful folk art pictures and witty words carved into wooden headstones immortalize the deceased's foibles, occupations or family problems. No translations, but the pictures tell much of the story. An old woman bakes round loaves of bread, a young person bends in scholarly fashion over his books, a soldier carries a rifle...
Wooden Grave Marker  for Dumitru
Wooden Grave Marker for Dumitru
Marker for a Monk
Marker for a Monk
Carved Marker for Stan Ion
Carved Marker for Stan Ion
Flower Wreath for this Man's Grave
Flower Wreath for this Man's Grave
Unique Cemetery
Unique Cemetery
One Romanian Life
One Romanian Life
Handmade Grave Marker
Handmade Grave Marker
Grave Marker for a Soldier
Grave Marker for a Soldier
Old Wooden Cross
Old Wooden Cross
Carved Wooden Cross
Carved Wooden Cross
Restaurant
Restaurant
She seated us
She seated us
The owner is dressed
The owner is dressed
hurry!
hurry!
Brick Oven
Brick Oven
Romanian staircase
Romanian staircase