The Most Visited Cemetery in Europe: The Merry Cemetery in Sapanta, Maramures, Romania

We’re usually pious in cemeteries, and the words engraved in stone are full of tears. But in the Merry Cemetery in Săpânța, Maramureș, Romania, things sometimes take a different turn.

Mira G. Eliodora
Counter Arts
Published in
8 min readJul 9, 2023

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Crosses with the famous blue background, painted scenes, and folk epitaphs in the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta, Maramures, northwestern Romania
Crosses in the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta, Maramures, Romania (Photos by the Author)

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Mira G. Eliodora
Counter Arts

Mira G. Eliodora is a sociologist, arts writer, self-growth and healthy living enthusiast, and more