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Blogging on travel: Of Routes & Roses
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Surdesti wooden church: 300 years of carpentry craftsmanship
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Semantron call to prayer at Moldovita
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Carta Abbey – Cistercians’ easternmost outpost in Europe
An Evangelical parish nowadays, the Carta Abbey was built around 1200 by Burgundian Cistercian monks.
October 28, 2018
Wooden Churches of Maramures
The wooden cathedrals of the Romanian peasants’ faith.
October 28, 2018
The Sighet Memorial
Sighet Memorial. The dreaded Communist prison has been converted in a Memorial to the victims and the resistance against dictatorship.
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Dance of the Bear – a pre-Christian tradition well-preserved in Romania
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July 18, 2019
Peasant Life in Maramures
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.