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Săpânța it’s a village which is a part of a Romanian commune in Maramures county. Săpânța Universit of Agronomic sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania Săpânța is know for: The Merry Cemetery is famous for its colourful tombstones with naive paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons who are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction. The cemetery's origins are linked with the name of Stan Ioan Patras, a local artist who sculpted the first tombstone crosses. In 1935, Pătraș carved the first epitaph and, as of the 1960s, more than 800 of such oak wood crosses came into sight. An example of a funny epitaph is: Under this heavy cross Lies my poor mother in-law Three more days should she have lived I would lie, and she would read . You, who here are passing by Not to wake her up please try Cause' if she comes back home She'll criticise me more. But I will surely behave So she'll not return from grave. Stay here, my dear mother in-law! Săpânța Peri monastery church, the tallest wooden structure in the world Grupa 8113 , Teodorescu Sebastian
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Săpânța it’s a village which is a part of a Romanian commune in Maramures county.
Săpânța Universit of Agronomic sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania
Săpânța is know for:The Merry Cemetery is famous for its colourful tombstones with naive paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons who are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction.
The cemetery's origins are linked with the name of Stan Ioan Patras, a local artist who sculpted the first tombstone crosses. In 1935, Pătraș carved the first epitaph and, as of the 1960s, more than 800 of such oak
wood crosses came into sight.
An example of a funny epitaph is:
Under this heavy crossLies my poor mother in-lawThree more days should she have livedI would lie, and she would read .You, who here are passing byNot to wake her up please tryCause' if she comes back homeShe'll criticise me more.But I will surely behaveSo she'll not return from grave.Stay here, my dear mother in-law!
Săpânța Peri monastery church, the tallest wooden structure in the world
Grupa 8113 , Teodorescu Sebastian
