The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It appears on a cadastral map of 1860, but the earliest preserved gravestone dates from the first half of the 19th century. The fence was installed by ESJF in November 2016.
For more information on this site visit: https://www.esjf-cemeteries.org/fenced/serednie-vodiane-jewish-cemetery…
The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the north of Romania famous for its colourful hand-painted wooden crosses, each with a painting and a poem in memory of the person buried below.
The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. First, it appears on a cadastral map of 1863, but the earliest preserved tombstone relates to the first half of the 19th century. The fence was installed by ESJF in July 2016.
The wooden church of the old Bârsana monastery was built around 1711 and has interior paintings dating back to 1806. In 1999, the church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List along with seven other wooden churches of Maramureş, a county of northern Romania.
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