Rural Maramures
The chosen home of the authentic rural Romanian civilization.
In the north of Transylvania, Maramures region is the chosen home of the authentic rural Romanian civilization.
A visit during Christmas or Easter in Maramures is like travelling in time. Over one hundred wooden churches - eight of which are UNESCO monuments - are the testimony of their traditional craftsmanship in carpentry and church painting. With its serene, rural perspective on death, the Merry Cemeter of Sapânta is close to the Sighet Prison Memorial remembering the victims of the Communist repression and to the Elie Wiesel Memorial House commemorating the infamous 1944 deportation of the Jewish population to Nazi camps.
November 29, 2022
Nestled in a valley beneath the Gutâi Mountains and bypassed by any national or county road, amongst the villages of Maramures, the village of Breb has succeeded most in preserving the old traditional wooden houses.
December 5, 2019
Ilie Lazar, a proeminent interwar pro-Western politician from Maramures, Transylvania, was reburied as a hero during a military funeral service held in Bucharest, December 4, 2019.
November 4, 2019
Ieud Valley wooden church is famed as "The Wooden Cathedral" of Maramures for its slenderness and well-balanced proportions.
October 7, 2019
If hard working is a common feature in Maramures, for Ileana and her family is almost a like a religion.
September 28, 2019
“My poor mother-in-lawUnder this heavy cross you lie,And yet, if you had three days more,You’d be here too see me die.So, passer-by, do not disturb her,For […]
July 18, 2019
Isolated by the mountains, Maramures region was less affected by the Communist aggression and the madness of the forced collectivization, therefore it has better preserved old crafts, customs and traditions, and a strong religious devotion.
