Top Things to do in Northwest Romania
What to do and see in Northwest Romania, Transylvania: The Best Cemeteries
Discover the best top things to do in Northwest Romania, Romania including Cimitirul Eroilor, Cimitirul Vesel, Merry Cemetery, Cimitirul Central, Cimitirul Saracilor.
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1. Cimitirul Eroilor
2. Cimitirul Vesel
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By cristinamd09 - Bucharest, Romania
The cemetery is really original and it has to be seen if you decided to visit Maramu’. The cross with the message for the mother in law was my favorite. ????
3. Merry Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 551 reviews
A fascinating collection of unique wooden headstones that immortalize details about the deceased.
Reviewed By njw_to - Toronto, Canada
The cemetery is a gem and the grave markers are wonderful folk art and interesting to explore. We were there on a Sunday morning so he’d the added atmospheric bonus of the church service. It was great to see the local girls in their traditional dress.
4. Cimitirul Central
5. Cimitirul Saracilor
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By Tiberiu_Baranyi - Timisoara, Romania
In Sighetu Marmatiei there are 2 places full of sadness and bitter memories of the times when Communism was taking over Romania... (and was holding the country in its iron grip for almost 45 years)... that's one of those. This is another Cemetery - and I recommend you visit it before you go to the cemetery of Sapanta - but a very sad one. It was the former Cemetery of the poor in the early XX century , however after 1950 it was used by the Securitate ( the former secret police of Romania) as a place of burial - in unmarked graves or common graves - of those killed in the extermination (political) prison in Sighet. They've been doing this till 1955 and some of Romania's great politicians who opposed the party were buried here in secrecy , to mention a few : Iuliu Maniu (the great statesmen, artizan of the united Romania and enemy of the Communist ), Constantin C. Brătianu and Gheorghe Brătianu (prominent politicians and great minds who got killed by the Communists). Beside the politicians in this cemetery, somewhere, there are the final resting places of the bishops of the catholic church from Romania - imprisoned in the Sighet penitentiary, where they died of (un)natural causes. Communism for Romania was a plague and this Cemetery is a sad memento of the crimes committed and the final resting place of true Heroes of this country, Heroes who gave their lives for the ideal called Romania. The graveyard - since there are potentially hundreds of unmarked graves and several common graves - is surrounded by a hedge that is reproducing the shape of the map of Romania with the shattered crosses inside. This is to remind the visitor that people from all Romania were executed in Sighet prison. If you are in the area it is definitely a place where you shall go for a visit or if you pass by, just stop - even if it is only for a few minutes - and think, just for little while, about what this place represents.
