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Sapanta is a village located in Maramures County, Romania. It is famous in the region because of the monastery and the popular graveyard.

The monastery is the tallest wood building in Europe, measuring over 40 meters. The next picture might tell you the height more accurately than meters:

However, it’s not the monastery making the village famous, but the graveyard. It is a unique graveyard in the world. It is the only Happy Graveyard in the entire world. It may sound strange, but it’s true.

The graves are carved in wood by the Romanian sculptor Ioan Patras using very bright colors and a bright-blue background. On the graves there are the last words of the people lying under them and a picture showing them in a very important or usual moment of their lives.

The lasts words are usually filled with fun comments or just words to prove the happiness of the person. The graveyard is filled with over 800 graves, each one being funny in its own way.

This picture might help you understand better what I’m saying:

Here you can see both new and old graves and their pictures and last words. I hope this document helped you to find out a new place to visit and inspired you a new journey perhaps!
Have a nice time until next time!