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Wooden Churches of Maramures

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UNESCO heritage monuments Sighisoara which is one of the best preserved medieval citadels in all of Europe and also home to the birthplace of the real life Dracula Vlad Tepes Then we head to the beautiful Maramures region and the world renown wooden churches Continuing to visit the Merry Cemetery in Sapanta famed for their enlightening engravings In
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Wooden Churches of Maramures Maramures is an intriguing place full of history and tradition This area is mostly
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They call them the sleeping beauties or the sleeping princesses I have no clue why or who started this metaphor but if you look at them you have to agree they have a je ne sais quoi
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hora a traditional Romanian dance that gathers everyone into a big closed circle Maramures is not only a tourist attraction it s the very symbol of Romanian tradition and continuity
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Email this Page to a Friend Introduction This is a great introductory tour into the traditional life of the villages of Europe s last frontier Maramures The way of life here will bring you back 100 s of years as you explore
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that gives them this noble allure and behold their uniqueness Maramures is one of the few places in Romania where traditions are still kept and respected as they were hundreds of years ago You can still see people dressed the way their ancestors used to you can still hear the doina Romanian folkloric ballad and see the hora a traditional Romanian dance that gathers
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Most of the Maramures churches were rebuilt after the last Tatar rid in 1717 acquiring large porches and tall towers often with four corner pinnacles clearly derived from the
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