Sacred log building systems transcend centuries from the
Middle Ages in Northern Transylvania area of Romania called Maramureș.
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| Arduzel Church Maramures |
Today almost 100 wooden churches still stand, about one third built two centuries ago. The skilled master carpenters continue their craft throughout the country from one generation to the next.
Built in 1720, the Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple is a World Heritage Site in Bârsana, Romania and it features some of the most representative baroque indoor murals in Maramureș.
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| Bârsana Church |
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| Carved Wooden Gate |
Folk architecture of wood and clay, many were listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites in 1999.
Placed in nature’s landscape, peaks reaching for the heavens
witness the Glory of the Orthodox faith in remote villages and sides of a
mountain.
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| Botiza Monastery |
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| Maramures Pottery |
One cannot visit this blessed place of Transylvania
without a stop in Sapanta and The Merry Cemetery.
Here, naïve paintings cover the crosses in an original
and poetic manner, depicting the persons that are buried there as well as
scenes from their daily lives.
A legacy from the Dacian belief that death was an event
filled with joy as the soul is immortal.
Life goes on in Maramureș, children fill the village with their joy and laughter, fresh baked bread is waiting in the hearth.
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| Children of Maramures |
