The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania. It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction. It has been listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Romania by Imperator Travel.
Merry Cemetery and its church
The workshop at Stan Ioan Pătraș's house where the tombstones of Merry Cemetery were created
The Merry Cemetery crosses in pale blue color
The tombstone of Stan Ioan Pătraş (1908–1977), the creator of Merry Cemetery
Maramureș County is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
The Maramureș County Prefect's building from the interwar period.
Image: Bârsana Monastery, Maramureș, Romania (2023) IMG 00 (cropped)
Image: Cimitirul Vesel, Săpânța, Maramureș (2023) IMG 07
Image: Breb MM (88)